Which term corresponds to inflammation of the liver?

• A. Hepaticitis
• B. Hepatopathy
• C. Hepatitis
• D. Cirrhosis

Answer: (C)

In medical terms, inflammation of an organ is shown by adding the suffix -itis to the organ’s name. For the liver, the root is hepat/o (or hepatic-). Putting them together gives hepatitis, which is the standard term for liver inflammation. Hepaticitis isn’t a recognized term, hepatopathy means liver disease in general (not specifically inflammation), and cirrhosis refers to chronic scarring and irreversible damage of the liver, not the inflammatory process. So the correct term clearly describing liver inflammation is hepatitis.