What does hepatitis C mean?
• HEPATITIS C (noun) The noun HEPATITIS C has 1 sense: 1. a viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products) Familiarity information: HEPATITIS C used as a noun is very rare.