hepatitis
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See also: Hepatitis
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). By surface analysis, hepat- + -itis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hepatitis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatitises or hepatitides)
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
liver inflammation
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Further reading[edit]
- “hepatitis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “hepatitis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “hepatitis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hepatitis f (invariable)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)
Further reading[edit]
- “hepatitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *Hyekʷ-
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms prefixed with hepat-
- English terms suffixed with -itis
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
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- ca:Diseases
- Spanish terms prefixed with hepato-
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- Rhymes:Spanish/itis
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- es:Pathology