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hep B

hep B is the abbreviation of hepatitis B.

Meaning of hepatitis B

Noun

hepatitis B (uncountable)

  1. An acute form of hepatitis, transmitted by blood, sexual contact, and body fluids.
    • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.2025 December 5, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards, “CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation”, in NBC News

Questions about hep B

What is hep B the abbreviation of?
Hep B is the abbreviation of hepatitis B.

Words near hep B in the dictionary

  1. heortologists
  2. heortology
  3. HEOs
  4. hep
  5. hep A
  6. hep B
  7. hep C
  8. hep cat
  9. hep cats
  10. hep D
  11. hep E

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