different between hepatitis vs viroid

English

Etymology

From Latin h?pat?tis, from h?par (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ???? (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?p??ta??t?s/

Noun

hepatitis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatitises or hepatitides)

1. Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
   • 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition

     Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic viral infections of humans.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• hepatitis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hepatitis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hepatitis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin h?pat?tis, from h?par (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ???? (hêpar, “liver”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.p??ti.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.pa?ti.tis/

Noun

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. hepatitis

Spanish

Etymology

hepato- +? -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epa?titis/, [e.pa?t?i.t?is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: he?pa?ti?tis

Noun

hepatitis f (plural hepatitis)

1. (pathology) hepatitis

Further reading

• “hepatitis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

virus +? -oid

Noun

viroid (plural viroids)

1. A short section of RNA but without the protein coat typical of viruses, that are plant pathogens
2. Certain defective viruses, such as hepatitis D, a human pathogen.

Synonyms

• Viroidales

Translations

References

• viroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• viroid on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Vidrio