Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "hepatomegaly" shine haɓakar hanta mara kyau, wanda za'a iya haifar da shi ta hanyoyi daban-daban na likita kamar hanta, cirrhosis, ko ciwon zuciya. Kalmar "hepato-" tana nufin hanta, kuma "-megaly" yana nufin haɓakawa. Sabili da haka, hepatomegaly yana nufin musamman ga haɓakar hanta wanda ke waje da girman girman. Alamomin hepatomegaly na iya haɗawa da ciwon ciki ko kumburi, jaundice, da gajiya, da sauransu. Jiyya ya dogara da ainihin dalilin yanayin.