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Definition of hepatitis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hepatitis

noun
 
/ˌhepəˈtaɪtɪs/
 
/ˌhepəˈtaɪtɪs/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a serious disease of the liver. There are three main forms: hepatitis A, the least serious, caused by infected food (= containing harmful bacteria), and hepatitis B and hepatitis C, both very serious and caused by infected blood.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • severe
    • acute
    • chronic
    • …
    verb + hepatitis
    • have
    • suffer from
    • be infected with
    • …
    hepatitis + noun
    • infection
    • virus
    • patient
    • …
    phrases
    • hepatitis A
    • hepatitis B
    • hepatitis C
    • …
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hēpar, hēpat- ‘liver’ + -itis.
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