Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index H hepatitis B: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: hepatitis B Pronunciation: [key] — Pathol. Pathol. a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virusorthat persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids. Also called Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. hepatitis A hepatitis C ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: sophism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language