hepatoscopy

/hep-uh-tos-kuh-pee/US // ˌhɛp əˈtɒs kə pi //

肝脏镜检查,肝镜检查,肝脏镜检,肝脏检查

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural hep·a·tos·co·pies.
- : medical examination of the liver.
- : examination of the livers of sacrificed animals as a technique of divination.

Hepatoscopy falls within the former category, Astrology and Birth-omens in the latter.
Hepatoscopy and Birth-omens thus followed the same course in passing from the distant East to the West.
Hepatoscopy or divination from the liver was undertaken by the Chaldeans for the purpose of determining what the gods had in mind.