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UK
/hˌɛpɐtˈaɪtɪs/
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[ US /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs/ ]
[ US /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtəs/ ]
NOUN
- inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
How To Use hepatitis In A Sentence
- Though the threat of some biohazards receded for workers in health-care and other human services, the threat of others, such as hepatitis B virus, grew.
- A vaccine of this kind has been shown to protect against hepatitis B virus infections in chimpanzees and recently also in humans. Physiology or Medicine 1976 - Press Release
- Of these, 250 are hospitalized as a result of acute complications, and approximately 100 die from cirrhosis, liver cancer, or fulminant hepatitis.
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: a hereditary disease that can cause hepatitis and liver failure. Who needs a liver transplant?
- In contrast to the 11.5% of the patients with hepatitis C, only 4.5% of the patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis showed the HFE mutation.
- They taught me about hepatitis, malaria, ringworm and how Edward Jenner discovered the cure to small pox while working with milkmaids.
- In this example, liver cells are dying individually arrows from injury by viral hepatitis.
- In addition to finally recovering from hepatitis and becoming docent at Lund, it was in this same year that he made his next great theoretical breakthrough.
- The doctor will check to see if your child has the IgM antibody to hepatitis A (anti-HAV) positive, or will try to figure out if your child had contact with someone who has a confirmed diagnosis of hepatitis A virus infection. Hepatitis A
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