Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of the liver, caused by infectious or toxic agents and characterized by jaundice, fever, liver enlargement, and abdominal pain.
- noun Any of various types of such inflammation, especially viral hepatitis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, inflammation of the liver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the liver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
inflammation of theliver , sometimes caused by aviral infection
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
Etymologies
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Hepar is Greek for “liver,” and the word hepatitis literally means “inflammation of the liver,” just as tonsillitis means “inflammation of the tonsils” and arthritis means “inflammation of the joints.”
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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As I noted in chapter 3, the word hepatitis means “inflammation of the liver.”
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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By the early 1970s, working with a team of collaborators, his lab had purified particles of a new virus, which he called hepatitis B virus, or HBV.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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By the early 1970s, working with a team of collaborators, his lab had purified particles of a new virus, which he called hepatitis B virus, or HBV.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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By the early 1970s, working with a team of collaborators, his lab had purified particles of a new virus, which he called hepatitis B virus, or HBV.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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We did our first video "Lasting Impressions," about the role prison tattoos play in hepatitis C.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Katherine Vockins, Founder And Director Of Rehabilitation Through The Arts The Huffington Post 2010
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We did our first video "Lasting Impressions," about the role prison tattoos play in hepatitis C.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Katherine Vockins, Founder And Director Of Rehabilitation Through The Arts The Huffington Post 2010
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We did our first video "Lasting Impressions," about the role prison tattoos play in hepatitis C.
Greatest Person Of The Day: Katherine Vockins, Founder And Director Of Rehabilitation Through The Arts The Huffington Post 2010
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If a child was born immediately prior to the change in hepatitis B recommendations, he or she may not have been immunized as an infant, but could be eligible for the vaccine and the protection it affords.
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Viral hepatitis is a classification of infections that directly attack the liver and can cause inflammation.
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