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Glossary
- vaccine
- medical preparation made up of inactive viruses or bacteria intended to stimulate the immune system so that it can prevent a disease from occurring. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C.
- varices
- varicose veins; in liver disease, they refer to large, swollen blood vessels in the stomach and esophagus that grow when bloodflow in the liver is partially blocked; they can rupture and bleed into the stomach
- vein
- any blood vessel that carries blood to the heart; can be bluish in colour when viewed under the skin
- venipuncture
- inserting a needle into a vein, either for collecting blood or administering medicine
- vial
- a small glass bottle often used to store liquids such as blood in labs
- viral load
- amount of a given virus in the blood. The hepatitis C viral load is usually expressed as copies per milliliter or international units per milliliter (IU/mL).
- virological response
- measurement of how much hepatitis C virus is in the blood compared to previous measurements; usually used to see how well treatment is working
- virus
- microscopic organism that relies on the genetic machinery of living cells to grow and reproduce
- vulnerable
- susceptible to physical, emotional, or mental injury
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