Meanings
- uncountableAn acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounan 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 乙型肝炎, 乙肝
- 乙型肝炎 (jyut³ jing⁴ gon¹ jim⁴)acute form of hepatitis
- 乙肝 (jyut³ gon¹)acute form of hepatitis
- B型肝炎 (bi¹ jing⁴ gon¹ jim⁴)acute form of hepatitis
- B肝 (bi¹ gon¹)acute form of hepatitis
Chinese Mandarin 乙型肝炎, 乙肝
- 乙型肝炎 (yǐxíng gānyán)acute form of hepatitis
- 乙肝 (yǐgān)acute form of hepatitis
- B型肝炎 (bìxíng gānyán)acute form of hepatitis
- B肝 (bìgān)acute form of hepatitis
Dutch hepatitis B
- hepatitis Bacute form of hepatitis
Finnish hepatiitti B
- hepatiitti Bacute form of hepatitis
French hépatite B
- hépatite Bacute form of hepatitis
German Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis Bacute form of hepatitis
Italian epatite B
- epatite Bacute form of hepatitis
Japanese B型肝炎
- B型肝炎 (bī-gata kan'en)acute form of hepatitis
Korean B형 간염
- B형 간염 (bihyeong ganyeom)acute form of hepatitis
Persian هپاتیت ب
- هپاتیت ب (hepâtit-e bi or be)acute form of hepatitis
Polish WZW typu A, wirusowe zapalenie wątroby typu A
- WZW typu Aacute form of hepatitis
- wirusowe zapalenie wątroby typu Aacute form of hepatitis
Portuguese hepatite B
- hepatite Bacute form of hepatitis
Romanian hepatită B
- hepatită Bacute form of hepatitis
Russian гепати́т B
- гепати́т B (gepatít B)acute form of hepatitis
Spanish hepatitis B
- hepatitis Bacute form of hepatitis
Swedish hepatit B
- hepatit Bacute form of hepatitis
Vietnamese viêm gan B
- viêm gan Bacute form of hepatitis
Cite this entry
hepatitis B. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatitis%20B
“hepatitis B.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatitis%20B. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hepatitis B,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hepatitis%20B.
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