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Herpes

noun

Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin. Synonym: herpes virus.

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"Herpes" Quotes from Famous Books

... bark for cutaneous eruptions, herpes, and lepra. Four ounces of the bark boiled in decoction in two quarts of water down to one quart. That half a pint given twice a day has made inveterate eruptions of lepra, both ...

— The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses • Robert Charles Hope

Words linked to "Herpes" : varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, animal virus, CMV, zoster, cytomegalovirus, EBV, shingles, infectious disease