serum hepatitis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of serum hepatitis
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The research distinguished serum hepatitis, which is caused by the transfusions, from the more common form, infectious hepatitis, which is spread directly from person to person.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2010
Journal and the British journal Lancet, teams from NIH and Columbia University have reported that, contrary to prevailing medical opinion, both infectious and serum hepatitis are probably caused by a single virus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doctors were concerned because re-used needles were not always truly sterile and transmitted serum hepatitis to untold numbers of patients.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the past five years, more than 20,000 Americans have contracted serum hepatitis, many from blood transfusions, and several have sued as a result.
From Time Magazine Archive
Physicians make a sharp distinction between infectious hepatitis, usually spread by fecal matter, and serum hepatitis, or "needle jaundice," because the latter is carried only by blood.*
From Time Magazine Archive
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