non-A hepatitis

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non-A hepatitis

or

non-B hepatitis

n
(Pathology) a form of viral hepatitis, not caused by the agents responsible for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, that is commonly transmitted by infected blood transfusions. The causative virus has been isolated. Also called: hepatitis C
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