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Hepatitis

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means inflammation of the liver, often caused by a viral infection
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Stage 1 of 2
hepar
Greek · ancient
"the liver"
the liver, combined with the suffix -itis (inflammation)
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Stage 2 of 2
hepatitis
English · 1700s
"inflammation of the liver"
settled as the medical word for liver inflammation
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