infectious hepatitis
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃəs ˌhɛpəˈtaɪtɪs/
- Archaic
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hepatitis infecciosa
- In 1960, there was an outbreak of infectious hepatitis linked to unsafe drinking water in the community.
Examples
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After recovering from infectious hepatitis, she took extra precautions to ensure her family’s food was safe.
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For instance, contracting infectious hepatitis and being really sick had a huge impact on my subsequent work as a doctor.
Academic text (2001) -
HVA, formerly called infectious hepatitis, is a self-limiting disease transmitted by the oral-fecal route that does not cause chronic hepatitis or a carrier state.
Academic text (2005) -
In 1960-61, many people contracted infectious hepatitis from eating hard clams from the bay, forcing a total closure of hard clamming and soft clamming on 1 May 1961.
Academic text (1990) -
The doctor explained that infectious hepatitis spreads easily through contaminated food, especially in crowded settings.
Synonyms
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4.6
A disease that makes the liver swollen and damaged, usually from a virus or harmful chemical
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4.5
A liver infection caused by a virus that spreads through contaminated food or water, usually mild
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3.2
An illness when a virus infects the liver
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an infectious form of hepatitis' is directly and compositionally derived from 'infectious' (capable of being transmitted) modifying 'hepatitis' (liver inflammation/disease). This adjective+noun combination follows ordinary English modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term infectious hepatitis puts together infectious and hepatitis. Here, infectious means 'can spread' to other people, and hepatitis literally means 'inflammation of the liver', so the phrase is used for a liver illness that spreads from person to person.