hepatize/ˈhɛpətaɪz/EtymologyAncient Greek [Term?] to be like the liver, to be liver-coloured: compare English hepatite, and (for sense 2) French hépatiser.hepatize means To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen gas (formerly called hepatic gas).“On the right […] were two wells of hepatized water.”To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.To convert into a substance resembling liver.