hepatitides
- 1Plural of hepatitis.
The textbook devotes a chapter to the viral hepatitides and their distinct transmission routes.
Several hepatitides share symptoms but differ in their long-term outcomes.
Note
A plural for counting kinds of liver inflammation rather than naming the condition itself, as in the viral hepatitides or several hepatitides. The ending follows the Greco-Latin pattern in which singular -itis becomes plural -itides, as in arthritides and meningitides. When hepatitis names the condition in general, it stays uncountable (chronic hepatitis). The plural belongs to writing that sorts the inflammation into types and compares them.
hepatitides is a form of hepatitis
hepatitis, noun: A condition in which the liver becomes inflamed, which may result from a viral infection or other causes. Full entry
- Forms
- hepatitishepatitises pluralhepatitides plural
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