Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.