hepatitis non-A, non-B

[hep-uh-tahy-tis non-ey non-bee]

noun

Pathology.

1. a disease of the liver that is clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but is caused by a retrovirus or retroviruslike agent.

Example Sentences

Capping more than five years of intensive detective work, the company announced last week that it had isolated and cloned proteins from the last major hepatitis virus to elude detection: a blood-borne infectious agent that is known as hepatitis non-A, non-B.

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