ALL meanings of hepatitis b
hep·a·ti·tis b
H h - noun hepatitis b a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids. 1
- noun hepatitis b a form of hepatitis caused by a virus transmitted by infected blood (as in transfusions), contaminated hypodermic needles, sexual contact, or by contact with any other body fluid 0
- noun hepatitis b a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus, usually transmitted by infected blood, and characterized by a long incubation period, serious liver damage, and the sudden onset of severe fever, jaundice, abdominal pain, etc.; serum hepatitis 0
- noun hepatitis b an acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids. 0