Hepatitis-c
noun, Pathology.
1.
a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
noun
1.
a form of hepatitis caused by a virus that is transmitted in the same ways as that responsible for hepatitis B Former name non-A, non-B hepatitis
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noun, Pathology. 1. a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
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- Hepato-
1. a combining form meaning “liver,” used in the formation of compound words: hepatotoxin. combining form 1. denoting the liver: hepatitis hepato- or hepat- pref. Liver: hepatitis.
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