How to Say "Hepatitis" in Spanish

hepatitis

/epaˈtitis/feminine

The English word 'hepatitis' is hepatitis in Spanish.

The term refers to liver inflammation.

Meaning: liver inflammation (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The noun is feminine, so it is used with the feminine article la (e.g., la hepatitis).

/epaˈtitis/

In colloquial Spanish, the suffix -itis is used to create fake diseases for annoying habits, such as curitis for someone obsessed with shopping. This transforms a clinical term like hepatitis into a tool for social satire.
The term hepatitis belongs to a class of words called internationalisms, which are terms adopted globally from Greek or Latin to ensure doctors in different countries can understand each other.
In Spanish, the stress of hepatitis falls on the penultimate syllable, which differs from the typical English pronunciation pattern for this word.

¿Te han diagnosticado de hepatitis alguna vez?
Have you ever been diagnosed with hepatitis?
This sentence is useful for asking if someone has ever been diagnosed with hepatitis.
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Se está estudiando un nuevo tratamiento para la hepatitis.
A new treatment for hepatitis is being studied.
This sentence is useful for discussing a new treatment for hepatitis.
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Tuve una conversación con mi médico ayer y hablamos sobre la hepatitis.
I had a conversation with my doctor yesterday, and we discussed hepatitis.
La hepatitis puede ser muy grave.
Hepatitis can be very serious.

Sofía and Mateo are discussing a medical report at a clinic.

Sofía

¿Es esto una prueba de hepatitis?
Is this a hepatitis test?
Mateo

Sí, Sofía, los resultados salieron negativos.
Yes, Sofía, the results came back negative.
Sofía

Menos mal, estaba muy preocupada.
Thank goodness, I was very worried.
Mateo

No te preocupes, todo está bien.
Don't worry, everything is fine.

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