n :  an acute usu. benign hepatitis caused by an RNA-containing virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is transmitted esp. in food and water contaminated with infected fecal matter - called also infectious hepatitis  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hep·a·ti·tis  hepatitis E 
 
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