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hepatitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯tɪs/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH2 P AH0 T AY1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the liver caused by a virus or a toxin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liver disease, infectious disease

Narrower terms: viral hepatitis, hepatitis delta, delta hepatitis

History

Etymology

From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). By surface analysis, hepat- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب الْكَبِد (iltihāb al-kabid) — liver inflammation
  • Armenian: լյարդաբորբ (lyardaborb) — liver inflammation
  • Armenian: հեպատիտ (hepatit) — liver inflammation
  • Belarusian: гепатыт (hjepatyt) — liver inflammation
  • Bengali: হেপাটাইটিস (hepaṭaiṭiś) — liver inflammation
  • Bulgarian: хепатит (hepatit) — liver inflammation
  • Catalan: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肝炎 (gon1 jim4) — liver inflammation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肝炎 (gānyán) — liver inflammation
  • Czech: hepatitida — liver inflammation
  • Danish: leverbetændelse — liver inflammation
  • Danish: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Dutch: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Dutch: leverontsteking — liver inflammation
  • Estonian: hepatiit — liver inflammation
  • Finnish: hepatiitti — liver inflammation
  • Finnish: maksatulehdus — liver inflammation
  • French: hépatite — liver inflammation
  • Galician: hepatite — liver inflammation
  • German: Hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • German: Leberentzündung — liver inflammation
  • Greek: ηπατίτιδα (ipatítida) — liver inflammation
  • Hindi: हेपेटाइटिस (hepeṭāiṭis) — liver inflammation
  • Hungarian: hepatitisz — liver inflammation
  • Hungarian: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Hungarian: májgyulladás — liver inflammation
  • Italian: epatite — liver inflammation
  • Japanese: 肝炎 (kan'en) — liver inflammation
  • Khmer: រលាកថ្លើម (rɔɔrɔliək thlaəm) — liver inflammation
  • Korean: 간염 (ganyeom) — liver inflammation
  • Māori: mate ate kakā — liver inflammation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hepatitt — liver inflammation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hepatitt — liver inflammation
  • Iranian Persian: هِپَاتیت (hepâtit) — liver inflammation
  • Plautdietsch: Jälesocht — liver inflammation
  • Polish: zapalenie wątroby — liver inflammation
  • Portuguese: hepatite — liver inflammation
  • Romanian: hepatită — liver inflammation
  • Russian: гепати́т (gepatít) — liver inflammation
  • Russian: воспале́ние пе́чени (vospalénije péčeni) — liver inflammation
  • Slovene: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Spanish: hepatitis — liver inflammation
  • Swahili: homa ya ini — liver inflammation
  • Swedish: hepatit — liver inflammation
  • Tagalog: magang-atay — liver inflammation
  • Thai: ตับอักเสบ (dtàp-àk-sàyp) — liver inflammation
  • Turkish: hepatit — liver inflammation
  • Ukrainian: гепати́т (hepatýt) — liver inflammation
  • Vietnamese: viêm gan — liver inflammation