SERUM HEPATITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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 ("serum hepatitis" is a kind of...):

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)

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