Eat the food pyramid; itâs there for a reason! To drop weight, burn more calories than you ingest. To gain mass, eat more than your caloric intake while still adhering to the food pyramid. Eat five smaller meals a day, itâs better for the digestive system and keeps you from snacking.
Medical Definition of HBV. HBV: Hepatitis B virus. A virus which primarily causes inflammation of the liver. The hepatitis B virus can be transmitted in several ways including blood transfusion, needle sticks, body piercing and tattooing using unsterile instruments, dialysis, sexual and even less intimate close contact, and childbirth.
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a member of the hepadnavirus group, double-stranded DNA viruses which replicate, unusually, by reverse transcription. Hepatitis B virus is endemic in the human population and hyperendemic in many parts of the world.epatitis B virus was originally recognized as the agent responsible for âserum hepatitisâ, the most common form of parenterally transmitted viral hepatitis, and an important cause of acute and chronic infection of the liver. The incubation period of hepatitis B is variable with a range of 1 to 6 months.