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HEPATITIS B

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• HEPATITIS B (noun)
The noun HEPATITIS B has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: HEPATITIS B used as a noun is very rare.

• HEPATITIS B (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatitis B; serum hepatitis

Hypernyms ("hepatitis B" is a kind of...):

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)

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