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hep·a·ti·tis

 (hĕp′ə-tī′tĭs)
n. pl. hep·a·tit·i·des (-tĭt′ĭ-dēz′)
1. Inflammation of the liver, caused by infectious or toxic agents and characterized by jaundice, fever, liver enlargement, and abdominal pain.
2. Any of various types of such inflammation, especially viral hepatitis.
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hepatitis

(ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtɪs)
n
(Pathology) inflammation of the liver, characterized by fever, jaundice, and weakness. See hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C
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hep•a•ti•tis

(ˌhɛp əˈtaɪ tɪs)

n.
inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.
[1720–30; < Greek hēpatîtis. See hepato-, -itis]
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hep·a·ti·tis

(hĕp′ə-tī′tĭs)
Inflammation of the liver, usually caused by infection with a virus. It is characterized by jaundice, fever, and weakness.
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hepatitis

an inflamed condition of the liver.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hepatitis - inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
liver disease - a disease affecting the liver
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
viral hepatitis - hepatitis caused by a virus
delta hepatitis, hepatitis delta - a severe form of hepatitis
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Translations
إِلتِهَابُ الكَبِد
žloutenka
hepatitis
Hepatitis
ηπατίτιδα
hepatitis
maksatulehdus
hépatite
hepatitis
epatite
肝炎
간염
hepatitis
hepatitt
zapalenie wątroby
hepatite
гепатит
hepatit
โรคตับอักเสบ
karaciğer iltihabı
bệnh viêm gan
肝炎

hepatitis

[ˌhepəˈtaɪtɪs] Nhepatitis f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hepatitis

[ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtɪs] nhépatite f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hepatitis

nHepatitis f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hepatitis

[ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtɪs] nepatite f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hepatitis

إِلتِهَابُ الكَبِد žloutenka hepatitis Hepatitis ηπατίτιδα hepatitis maksatulehdus hépatite hepatitis epatite 肝炎 간염 hepatitis hepatitt zapalenie wątroby hepatite гепатит hepatit โรคตับอักเสบ karaciğer iltihabı bệnh viêm gan 肝炎
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hep·a·ti·tis

n. hepatitis, infl. del hígado;
amebic ______ amébica;
active chronic ______ crónica activa;
cholestatic ______ colestática;
drug-induced ______ inducida por drogas;
epidemic ______ epidémica;
fulminating ______ fulminante;
fulminating chronic ______ fulminante crónica;
fulminant ______ aguda fulminante;
___ A___ A, viral, afecta primordialmente a los niños;
___ B___ B, causada por un virus y trasmitida en líquidos del organismo; saliva, lágrimas, semen;
infectious ______ infecciosa o viral;
non-A, non-B ______ no A, no B, asociada con transfusiones de sangre;
serum ______ sérica;
persistent chronic ______ persistente crónica.
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hepatitis

n hepatitis f; — A (B, C, etc.) hepatitis A (B, C, etc.)
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Hypoglycemia and neonatal hepatitis can develop if hypothyroidism is diagnosed late and mortality is reported to approach 14% in these patients (36).
However, in a study including a series of 90 infants with cholestasis in Korea, 46% were diagnosed as extrahepatic biliary atresia, 30% as neonatal hepatitis and 7% were diagnosed as having ARC syndrome due to a demonstrated VPS33B mutation (7).
(3) reported the causes of cholestasis that was misdiagnosed as BA and, they found that approximately 6.8% of the infants were misdiagnosed as BA and were diagnosed PFIC3, idiopathic neonatal hepatitis, cytomegalovirus hepatitis, Alagille syndrome, and CHF on the follow-up.
Patients were classified into three diagnostic subgroups on the basis of hepatobiliary scintigraphy into biliary atresia, normal and neonatal hepatitis in both genders.
Failure of neonatal hepatitis B vaccination: The role of HBV-DNA levels in hepatitis B carrier mothers and HLA antigens in neonates.
Vanita Patil and Samarin Musaad from Labtests Auckland present a case study of elevated conjugated bilirubin arising from giant cell neonatal hepatitis. Awareness of elevated conjugated bilirubin in the neonate, together with radiological investigations and liver biopsy, is needed to differentiate biliary atresia from giant cell neonatal hepatitis.
(10) Foetal and neonatal hepatitis acquired from mother during pregnancy can lead to impaired cognitive and physical development in children in later life.
Distinct plasma bile acid profiles of biliary atresia and neonatal hepatitis syndrome.
In one of the largest series on paediatric liver biopsies from Pakistan, the most common aetiology was neonatal hepatitis and was seen in 20.3 % patients compared to 5.4 % in the current study.14 Again, underlying referral pattern was responsible for this distribution as the centre was a high-volume one for paediatric liver diseases.
The course of neonatal hepatitis of CMV etiology is "more severe and manifests with prolonged cholestatic jaundice in 91.7% with the development of acholia and urobilia in every third child, with a hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and a formation of a severe fibrosis in 50.0% of children.
[2,4] Idiopathic neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia are common and make up 70-80% of causes of cholestasis in term infants.
J-ty was diagnosed with decompensated liver disease secondary to neonatal hepatitis at the Philippine General Hospital on May 18, 2015, just over four months after he was born.
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