HEPATITIS DELTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatitis delta mean? 

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

1. a severe form of hepatitis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATITIS DELTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A severe form of hepatitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

delta hepatitis; hepatitis delta

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

hepatitis (inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin)

 Context examples 

Also called hepatitis delta virus.

(hepatitis D virus, NCI Dictionary)