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HEPATITIS C

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatitis C mean? 

HEPATITIS C (noun)
  The noun HEPATITIS C has 1 sense:

1. a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HEPATITIS C (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)


 Context examples 


A measurement of the hepatitis C viral load in a biological specimen.

(Hepatitis C Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Although patients who are infected with hepatitis C virus may not have symptoms, long-term infection may lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer.

(hepatitis C virus, NCI Dictionary)

A viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus.

(Hepatitis C Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Usually, hepatitis C does not get better by itself.

(Hepatitis C, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A hepatocellular carcinoma that develops following hepatitis C virus exposure and injury of the liver parenchyma.

(Hepatitis C Virus-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

IFN alpha-2B is also used to treat some infections caused by viruses, such as the hepatitis C virus.

(IFN alpha-2B, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat hepatitis C infections.

(PEG-Intron, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat melanoma and hepatitis C. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

(Peginterferon alfa-2b, NCI Dictionary)

An inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibitor with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Merimepodib, NCI Thesaurus)

Intron A is also used to treat some infections caused by viruses, such as the hepatitis C virus.

(Intron A, NCI Dictionary)



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