HEPATITIS B

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatitis B mean? 

• HEPATITIS B (noun)
  The noun HEPATITIS B has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HEPATITIS B used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATITIS B (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatitis B; serum hepatitis

Hypernyms ("hepatitis B" is a kind of...):

viral hepatitis (hepatitis caused by a virus)

 Context examples 

One type, hepatitis B, is caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV).

(Hepatitis B, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The type of hepatitis is named for the virus that causes it; for example, hepatitis A, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. Drug or alcohol use can also cause hepatitis.

(Hepatitis, NIH)

CGP37157 is a compound that blocks the mitochondrial sodium calcium pump and also blocks hepatitis B viral replication, indicating that mitochondrial calcium signaling is the target of HBx function.

(HBx Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An antibody produced by B lymphocytes in response to hepatitis B hepadnaviral infection.

(Hepatitis B Virus Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of hepatitis B virus DNA in a sample.

(Hepatitis B DNA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of hepatitis B virus DNA in a biological specimen.

(Hepatitis B DNA Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A measurement of the hepatitis B viral load in a biological specimen.

(Hepatitis B Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the hepatitis B viral load in a sample using polymerase chain reaction.

(Hepatitis B Viral Load PCR Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-infectious mixture containing recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in a liquid vehicle.

(Hepatitis B Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A test performed to determine the presence or absence of hepatitis B surface antigen.

(Hepatitis B Screening, NCI Thesaurus)