interstitial hepatitis
interstitial hepatitis
[¦in·tər¦stish·əl ‚hep·ə′tīd·əs] (medicine)
Pathologic deterioration and death of parenchymal cells in the liver associated with infiltration of lymphocytes and monocytes in the portal canals. Also known as acute nonsuppurative hepatitis; nonspecific hepatitis.
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