hepatitis B

English

Noun

hepatitis B (uncountable)

1. an acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids.

Derived terms

• hep B
• hepatitis B virus

Translations

acute form of hepatitis

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 乙型肝炎 (jyut³ jing⁴ gon¹ jim⁴), 乙肝 (jyut³ gon¹), B型肝炎 (bi¹ jing⁴ gon¹ jim⁴), B肝 (bi¹ gon¹)

  Mandarin: 乙型肝炎 (zh) (yǐxíng gānyán), 乙肝 (zh) (yǐgān), B型肝炎 (B-xíng gānyán), B肝 (B-gān)

• Finnish: hepatiitti B
• French: hépatite B (fr) f
• Italian: epatite B f
• Russian: гепати́т B m (gepatít B)
• Spanish: hepatitis B (es) f
• Swedish: hepatit B c