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serum hepatitis

DEFINITIONS OF: serum hepatitis

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n 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

Synonyms:
hepatitis B
Type of:
viral hepatitis
hepatitis caused by a virus
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