Definitions for hepatitis

hepatitis hep·a·ti·tis

Spelling: [hep-uh-tahy-tis]
IPA: /ˌhɛp əˈtaɪ tɪs/

Hepatitis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 336 anagrams from letters in hepatitis (aehiipstt).

Definitions for hepatitis

noun

  1. inflammation of the liver, caused by a virus or a toxin and characterized by jaundice, liver enlargement, and fever.

Origin of hepatitis

From the Greek word hēpatîtis, dating back to 1720-30. See hepat-, -itis

Examples for hepatitis

If left untreated, hepatitis C causes liver damage over the course of decades.

hepatitis B plays by the same rules, though the rates of transmission are about 10 times more frequent.

Over time, he can transmit a bloodborne disease such as hepatitis C to the patients he is “sharing” narcotics with.

Just like the measles shot and the hepatitis shot and the flu shot, the goal is prevention, pure and simple.

This form of hepatitis has thus far been observed almost exclusively in infants.

In Mauritius the juice is used to treat dysentery and hepatitis.

In this vast region the conditions for the production of hepatitis exist abundantly.

In the liver it may occasion inflammation and the formation of an abscess attended with all the usual symptoms of hepatitis.

He looked more like a tired and worn 60, perhaps because he is said to be suffering from hepatitis.

A very grave case of hepatitis endangered his life seriously.

Word Value for hepatitis
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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