Acute viral hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by infection with one of the five hepatitis viruses. In most people, the inflammation begins suddenly and lasts only a few weeks. Symptoms range from none to very severe.
verb (used with object), disseminated, disseminating. 1. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine. Origin of disseminate.
Word Origin & History. disseminate c.1600, from adj. disseminate scattered widely (early 15c.), from L. disseminatus, pp. of disseminare, from dis- in every direction + seminare to plant, propagate, from semen (gen. seminis) seed (see semen). Related: Disseminated; disseminates; disseminating.