hepatitis B
hepatitis B, serumski hepatitis
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 [akutna (včasih smrtna) oblika virusnega hepatitisa, ki jo povzroča DNK virus, ki ima nagnjenost k obstojnosti v serumu krvi in se prenaša preko spolnega stika, transfuzije ali uživanja kontaminirane krvi ali drugih telesnih tekočin]