Hepatitis B
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- serum hepatitis
- plural
- Hepatitis BsHepatitis BS
- possessive
- Hepatitis B's
- pluralpossessive
- Hepatitis Bs'Hepatitis BS'