hepatitis C
noun Pathology.
a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
British Dictionary definitions for hepatitis c
hepatitis C
noun
a form of hepatitis caused by a virus that is transmitted in the same ways as that responsible for hepatitis B
Former name: non-A, non-B hepatitis