Visual examination or inspection of the liver, either directly through surgery or using imaging techniques.
From Greek 'hepar' (liver) + 'skopein' (to look at, examine). Modern hepatoscopy emerged with endoscopic technology in the 20th century, though the term itself has roots in ancient medical practice.
The word 'hepatoscopy' comes from an ancient Roman practice of reading omens from sacrificed animal livers—when medicine became scientific, doctors kept the term but transformed it from superstition to a legitimate diagnostic procedure.
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