hepatitis C
noun
: an acute or chronic hepatitis that is caused by a flavivirus (species Hepatitis C virus of the genus Hepacivirus), is often asymptomatic in its early stages but may be marked by fatigue, fever, nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal tenderness, and muscle and joint pain, and is usually transmitted by infected blood (such as by injection of an illicit drug, blood transfusion, or exposure to blood or blood products)
Note: The acute or short-term stage of hepatitis C typically progresses to a long-term or chronic infection which often leads to liver damage, liver failure, or liver cancer.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Fewer than 1 in 3 people infected with hepatitis C are getting the expensive treatments that can cure them, according to a U.S. government study released Tuesday. 
Mike Stobbe, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022 The hepatitis C virus is spread through contact with blood from an infected person. Mike Stobbe, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 Scientists have proposed challenge studies as essential for vaccine development for tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and group A Streptococcus. Josh Morrison, STAT, 13 Feb. 2022 Even people who have undergone successful treatment for hepatitis C cannot donate blood afterward. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 May 2022 That is why treatments for other viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C consist of multiple drugs. Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022 According to the agency guidelines, pregnant people should also get tested for syphilis, H.I.V., hepatitis B and hepatitis C early in the pregnancy. New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022 And because tuberculosis and hepatitis C medications don’t mix, Bush couldn’t treat both illnesses at once anyway. Erin Brodwin, STAT, 11 July 2021 See More
Mike Stobbe, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022 The hepatitis C virus is spread through contact with blood from an infected person. Mike Stobbe, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 Scientists have proposed challenge studies as essential for vaccine development for tuberculosis, hepatitis C, and group A Streptococcus. Josh Morrison, STAT, 13 Feb. 2022 Even people who have undergone successful treatment for hepatitis C cannot donate blood afterward. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 11 May 2022 That is why treatments for other viruses such as HIV and hepatitis C consist of multiple drugs. Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022 According to the agency guidelines, pregnant people should also get tested for syphilis, H.I.V., hepatitis B and hepatitis C early in the pregnancy. New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022 And because tuberculosis and hepatitis C medications don’t mix, Bush couldn’t treat both illnesses at once anyway. Erin Brodwin, STAT, 11 July 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1978, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
hepatitis C
noun
-ˈsē 
: an acute or chronic hepatitis that is caused by a flavivirus (species Hepatitis C virus of the genus Hepacivirus), is often asymptomatic in its early stages but may be marked by fatigue, fever, nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal tenderness, and muscle and joint pain, and is usually transmitted by infected blood (as by injection of an illicit drug, blood transfusion, or exposure to blood or blood products)
Note: The acute or short-term stage of hepatitis C typically progresses to a long-term or chronic infection which often leads to liver damage, liver failure, or liver cancer.