hepatitis

From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯tɪs/

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hepatitis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatitises or hepatitides)

1. Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
   • 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition

     Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic viral infections of humans.

• hepatitis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hepatitis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hepatitis at OneLook Dictionary Search

From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.pəˈti.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.paˈti.tis/

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. hepatitis

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. hepatitis