||He"par (?), n. [L. hepar,
hepatis, the liver, Gr. ?.] 1. (Old
Chem.) Liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown color,
sometimes used in medicine. It is formed by fusing sulphur with
carbonates of the alkalies (esp. potassium), and consists essentially
of alkaline sulphides. Called also hepar sulphuris
(?).
2. Any substance resembling hepar proper, in
appearance; specifically, in homeopathy, calcium sulphide, called
also hepar sulphuris calcareum (?).
Hepar antimonii (?) (Old Chem.), a
substance, of a liver-brown color, obtained by fusing together
antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of
sulphantimonites of the alkalies; -- called also liver of
antimony.