[hepatitis B] n (1972): a sometimes fatal hepatitis caused by a double-stranded DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted esp. by contact with infected blood (as by transfusion) or blood products--called also serum hepatitis
HEPATITIS B
Meaning of HEPATITIS B in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012