 hepatitis_b |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) 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: | serum_hepatitis | |
| Related terms: | hepatitis viral_hepatitis | |
| Similar spelling: |
hepatitis hepatitis_c hepatitis_A |
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