skate1. 1  ice skate (def 1). 2  roller skate. 3  the blade of an ice skate. 4  a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship. 5  to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. 6  to glide or slide smoothly along. 7  Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf.
Hepatitis C infection is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). You can catch hepatitis C if the blood of someone who has hepatitis C enters your body. Exposure may occur: 1  After a needle stick or sharps injury.  If blood from someone who has hepatitis C contacts a cut on your skin or contacts your eyes or mouth.
Hepatitis C is spread when blood from a person infected with the Hepatitis C virus enters the body of someone who is not infected. This can happen through different ways including: Injection drug use. Most people become infected with Hepatitis C by sharing needles or other equipment to inject drugs.epatitis C is a serious liver disease that results from. infection with the Hepatitis C virus. Hepatitis C has. been called a silent disease because people can get. infected and not know it.