Synonyms for hepatitis C
hep·atitis c

Princeton's WordNet

1. hepatitis Cnoun

   a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products)

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1. • Viral Hepatitis

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1. Carolyn Wester:

   The only way to end the hepatitis C epidemic is to treat more, and one of the key multilevel strategies is decreasing the price of hepatitis C meds. That has to be part of the strategy aimed at eradicating hepatitis C.

2. Alexander Millman:

   Hepatitis C infection can last a lifetime and lead to serious liver problems, including cirrhosis, which is scarring of the liver, liver cancer, or death, hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation in the United States.

3. Carolyn Wester:

   Otherwise, people often fall out of care, or because hepatitis C can remain asymptomatic for years, people forget or are unaware of their diagnosis, and what ends up happening is, they don't get linked to the treatment that they need, and then they show up much later in the health system with advanced disease and complications that are much harder and much more costly to treat. In addition, we've lost years of opportunity to prevent transmission.

4. Gregg Alton:

   Gilead cannot cure hepatitis C globally on our backs alone. There have to be other players that come in and make that investment.

5. Recinda Sherman:

   A couple decades ago, the rate of hepatitis C infections increased and that in turn is being reflected in liver cancer rates.