Hepatite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hepatite \Hep"a*tite\ (?; 277), n. [L. hepatitis an unknown
     precious stone, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the liver: cf. F.
     h['e]patite.] (Min.)
     A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or
     heated.
     [1913 Webster]