| hepatitis b | (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, Syn. serum hepatitis |
| 血清肝炎 | [けっせいかんえん, kesseikan'en] (n) serum hepatitis [Add to Longdo] |