n :  a hepatitis that is rare in U.S. but is common in some third-world countries, is usu. contracted from sewage-contaminated water, and is caused by a highly variable single-stranded RNA virus .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  hep·a·ti·tis  hepatitis A 
 
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