what does serum hepatitis mean?

SERUM HEPATITIS as NOUN

Meaning
- an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids
Synonym(s)
- hepatitis B (what does hepatitis B mean?)
Hypernyms(s) serum hepatitis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- viral hepatitis (what does viral hepatitis mean?)