hav
hav — noun
1. The written abbreviation for hepatitis A virus, a virus that infects the liver a
The written abbreviation for hepatitis A virus, a virus that infects the liver and spreads through food or water that has come into contact with infected waste material.
Dr. Eleni confirmed that the patient's HAV test results were negative.
medical test result: HAV test + negative
The health centre now offers free HAV shots for children under the age of five.
collocation: HAV shots / HAV vaccination
Lakan checked the water sample for HAV before the team used it for cooking.
Passengers traveling to areas with poor water treatment should ask about the HAV vaccine.
Outbreaks of HAV are more common where clean drinking water is hard to find.
- hepatitis A virus
The full, non-abbreviated name used in formal writing and spoken medical contexts.
- Hep A virus
Informal alternative abbreviation common in patient discussions and health education materials.
文法句型
HAV + [verb]
the HAV + [noun]
test / vaccine / infection + for + HAV
用法筆記
Always written in capital letters as HAV when used in medical writing. The full form hepatitis A virus is preferred in spoken conversation and in general patient communication, while HAV is common in lab reports, vaccine records, and scientific articles.