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Hepatitis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Inflammation of the liver, caused by infectious or toxic agents and characterized by jaundice, fever, liver enlargement, and abdominal pain.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Inflammation of the liver.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology, inflammation of the liver.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Word Usage

"Hepar is Greek for “liver,” and the word hepatitis literally means “inflammation of the liver,” just as tonsillitis means “inflammation of the tonsils” and arthritis means “inflammation of the joints.”"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

infectious disease liver disease

Cross Reference

chronic interstitial hepatitis acute parenchymatous hepatitis

Hyponym

delta hepatitis hepatitis delta viral hepatitis

Form

hepatitis B hepatitic hepatitis A hepatitis C

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Titus Unitas arthritis bronchitis detritus

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

meningitis dysentery smallpox typhoid malaria