serum hepatitis

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serum hepatitis

n.
See hepatitis B.
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serum hepatitis

n
(Pathology) a former name for hepatitis B
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hepatitis B


n.
a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus) that persists in the blood and has a long incubation period: usu. transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids. Also called serum hepatitis.
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Noun1.serum hepatitis - 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
hepatitis B
viral hepatitis - hepatitis caused by a virus
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