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hepatica
  • n  any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
  • n  a common liverwort
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hepaticae
  • n  liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
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hepaticopsida
  • n  liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
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hepatitis
  • n  inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin
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hepatitis a
  • n  an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter
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hepatitis b
  • n  an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
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hepatitis c
  • n  a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)
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hepatoflavin
  • n  a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss
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