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hepatitis B
noun
, Pathology.
- 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.
hepatitis B
noun
- 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 Former nameserum hepatitis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hepatitis B1
First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences
Hepatitis B plays by the same rules, though the rates of transmission are about 10 times more frequent.
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