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HEPATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatitis mean? 

HEPATITIS (noun)
  The noun HEPATITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxinplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HEPATITIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

liver disease (a disease affecting the liver)

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hepatitis"):

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)

delta hepatitis; hepatitis delta (a severe form of hepatitis)


 Context examples 


A non-nuceoside polymerase inhibitor with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Nesbuvir, NCI Thesaurus)

A new study found that daily aspirin therapy was significantly associated with a reduced risk in hepatitis B related liver cancer.

(An Aspirin A Day Keep Liver Cancer Away, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An orally administered prodrug with activity against the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Balapiravir, NCI Thesaurus)

A purine nucleotide analog prodrug with activity against wild-type and lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV).

(Alamifovir, NCI Thesaurus)

A dipivoxil formulation of adefovir, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of adenosine with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV), herpes virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Adefovir Dipivoxil, 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)

It is often associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection, hepatitis B infection or cytomegalovirus infection.

(Acrodermatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of adenosine with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV), herpes virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Adefovir, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrochloride salt form of balapiravir, an orally administered prodrug with activity against the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Balapiravir Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Chronic hepatitis caused by viruses, most commonly hepatitis viruses B and C.

(Chronic Viral Hepatitis, NCI Thesaurus)



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