hepatoscopy

n. 祭牲剖肝占卜术

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important.

    罕用 不可数

    1973 Collier's Encyc. x. Hepatomancy...animal livers

词源

From Ancient Greek ἡπατοσκοπία (hēpatoskopía), from ἥπατος (hḗpatos), genitive form of ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to see”). Equivalent to hepato- + -scopy.

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