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HEPATITIS B
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
Synonyms:
hepatitis B; serum hepatitis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hepatitis B" is a kind of...):
viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)
Context examples:
A viral infection caused by the hepatitis B virus.
(Hepatitis B Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
A nucleoside analog of uridine with activity against hepatitis B virus and herpes viruses.
(Fialuridine, NCI Thesaurus)
An antibody produced by B lymphocytes to the hepatitis B core antigen as part of the immune response to hepatitis B viral infection.
(Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the hepatitis B virus core antibody in a biological specimen.
(Hepatitis B Virus Core Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A synthetic pyrimidine analogue with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV).
(Clevudine, NCI Thesaurus)
Elvucitabine has activity against HIV and chronic hepatitis B.
(Elvucitabine, NCI Thesaurus)
A major new insight into how hepatitis B virus works could pave the way for new drug treatments for the infection which is the major cause of liver cancer worldwide.
(Scientists A Step Closer to Drug Treatment for Hepatitis B, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Although many patients who are infected with hepatitis B virus may not have symptoms, long-term infection may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.
(hepatitis B virus, NCI Dictionary)
A new study held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases found that daily aspirin therapy was significantly associated with a reduced risk in hepatitis B virus‐related liver cancer.
(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is often associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection, hepatitis B infection or cytomegalovirus infection.
(Acrodermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
