HEPATITIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hepatitis" is a kind of...):

liver disease (a disease affecting the liver)

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hepatitis"):

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)

delta hepatitis; hepatitis delta (a severe form of hepatitis)

The family includes the hepatitis C and hepatitis G viruses.

(Flaviviridae, NCI Thesaurus)

An inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibitor with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Merimepodib, NCI Thesaurus)

Hepatitis developing during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Hepatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

(Filibuvir, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside analog of uridine with activity against hepatitis B virus and herpes viruses.

(Fialuridine, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally bioavailable, peptidomimetic, macrocyclic compound with activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV).

(Ciluprevir, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic pyrimidine analogue with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV).

(Clevudine, NCI Thesaurus)

Elvucitabine has activity against HIV and chronic hepatitis B.

(Elvucitabine, NCI Thesaurus)

Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent hepatitis C infection.

(Allergy Drug Treats Hepatitis C in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A drug used to treat hepatitis C infections.

(PEG-Intron, NCI Dictionary)