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SERUM HEPATITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
hepatitis B; serum hepatitis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("serum hepatitis" is a kind of...):
viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)
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