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Webster 1913 Edition
Hepatitis
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Hepˊa-ti′tis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], liver +
-itis
.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the liver.
Definition 2024
Hepatitis
Hepatitis
See also: hepatitis
German
Noun
Hepatitis f (genitive Hepatitis, plural Hepatitiden)
Declension
Declension of Hepatitis
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Hepatitis | die | Hepatitiden |
| genitive | einer | der | Hepatitis | der | Hepatitiden |
| dative | einer | der | Hepatitis | den | Hepatitiden |
| accusative | eine | die | Hepatitis | die | Hepatitiden |
hepatitis
hepatitis
See also: Hepatitis
English
Noun
hepatitis (plural hepatitises or hepatitides)
- Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
- 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition
- Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic viral infections of humans.
- 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
liver inflammation
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External links
- hepatitis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- hepatitis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- hepatitis at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Etymology
From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Noun
hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)