viral hepatitis (MONDO_0006011, a Monarch Disease Ontology id) is an acute or chronic inflammation of the liver parenchyma caused by viruses. Representative examples include hepatitis A, B, and C, cytomegalovirus hepatitis, and herpes simplex hepatitis. Also known as: Hepatitis viral, Viruses caused hepatitis, Viruses hepatitis, human viral hepatitis, viral Hepatitis, viral human hepatitis.