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.
Think about a teacher distributing a hand out at the beginning of a class. The dis- of disseminate and distribute come from the same Latin prefix which means apart, in a different direction.. But unlike papers distributed in class, information, once spread around in all directions, cannot be pulled back in.