Medical Definition of Short incubation hepatitis

1. A virus disease with a short incubation period (usually 15 to 50 days), caused by hepatitis A virus, a member of the family Picornaviridae, often transmitted by faecal-oral route; may be inapparent, mild, severe, or occasionally fatal and occurs sporadically or in epidemics, commonly in school-age children and young adults; necrosis of periportal liver cells with lymphocytic and plasma cell infiltration is characteristic and jaundice is a common symptom. Synonym: epidemic hepatitis, hepatitis A, infectious hepatitis, MS-1 hepatitis, short incubation hepatitis, virus A hepatitis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Incubation Hepatitis

short extensor muscle of toes
short fibular muscle
short flexor muscle of great toe
short flexor muscle of little finger
short flexor muscle of little toe
short flexor muscle of thumb
short flexor muscle of toes
short gastric arteries
short gastric artery
short gastric veins
short gyri of insula
short head
short head of biceps brachii muscle
short head of biceps femoris muscle
short hundredweight
short incubation hepatitis (current term)
short interspersed elements
short iron
short letter
short levatores costarum muscles
short limbs and osteopenia
short line
short list
short metacarpals
short order
short palmar muscle
short pants
short peroneal muscle
short posterior ciliary artery
short process of malleus

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