Glossary

antioxidant – a substance that reduces oxidative damage (damage due to oxygen) such as that caused by ‘free radicals’

morbidity – medical term for illness.

grade/grading – the grade of hepatitis infection refers to the amount of inflammation in liver tissue, found by a biopsy. It is usually measured on the Ishak scale from 1-18) where 0 is none and 18 is the maximum. See staging.

primary mutation – see major mutation.

BD (or bid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘twice-daily’.

See also q12H.