INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infectious hepatitis mean? 

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

1. an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatitis A; infectious hepatitis

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

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)