hepatitis
noun /ˌhepəˈtaɪtɪs/
/ˌhepəˈtaɪtɪs/
[uncountable]- 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.
- Have you had your hepatitis B vaccination?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- acute
- chronic
- …
- have
- suffer from
- be infected with
- …
- infection
- virus
- patient
- …
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- hepatitis C
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek hēpar, hēpat- ‘liver’ + -itis.