Hepatitis
71hepatitis C — noun a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)… …
72hepatitis — noun (plural hepatitides; also titises) Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1751 1. inflammation of the liver 2. a disease or condition (as hepatitis A or hepatitis B) marked by inflammation of the liver …
73hepatitis C — noun Date: 1978 a hepatitis caused by a flavivirus (species Hepatitis C virus of the genus Hepacivirus) that tends to persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by contact with infected blood (as by transfusion or by illicit… …
74hepatitis B — (formerly serum hepatitis; hep ah ti tis) This form of hepatitis is caused by a double stranded DNA virus (HBV) formerly called the Dane particle. The virus is transmitted by body fluids …
75hepatitis C — About 90% of all cases of viral hepatitis can be traced to either HAV or HBV. The remaining 10% is believed to be caused by one and possibly several other types of viruses. At least one of these is hepatitis C (formerly non A, non B) …
76hepatitis E — (formerly enteric transmitted NANB hepatitis) The liver disease caused by the hepatitis E virus. Usually, a subclinical, acute infection results; however, there is a high mortality in women in their last trimester of pregnancy …
77hepatitis B — Virion (Dane particle), 42nm diameter, with an outer sheath enclosing inner 27nm core particle containing the circular viral DNA. Aggregates of the envelope proteins are found in plasma and are referred to as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg;… …
78hepatitis C — A fairly high proportion of cases of hepatitis of the non A, non B, type, but not all, are now recognized to be caused by hepatitis C virus …
79hepatitis A — Pathol. a normally minor form of hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood: usually transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food or water. Also called infectious hepatitis. [1970 75] * * * …
80Hepatitis A — La hepatitis A es una enfermedad infecciosa producida por el virus de la hepatitis A (VHA) que provoca una inflamación aguda del hígado en la mayoría de los casos …
