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Herpes

Herpes Meaning & Definition
Herpes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Herpes?

[n] any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
[n] viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

Synonyms | Synonyms for Herpes: herpes virus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Herpes: acne | acne vulgaris | acute articular rheumatism | African lethargy | ague | alkali disease | amebiasis | amebic dysentery | anthrax | Asiatic cholera | bacillary dysentery | bastard measles | black death | black fever | blackwater fever | breakbone fever | brucellosis | bubonic plague | cachectic fever | cerebral rheumatism | Chagres fever | chicken pox | cholera | cowpox | dandy fever | deer fly fever | dengue | dengue fever | dermamycosis | dermatitis | dermatosis | diphtheria | dumdum fever | dysentery | eczema | elephantiasis | encephalitis lethargica | enteric fever | epithelioma | erysipelas | erythema | exanthem | famine fever | five-day fever | flu | frambesia | German measles | glandular fever | grippe | hansenosis | Haverhill fever | heat rash | hepatitis | herpes simplex | herpes zoster | histoplasmosis | hives | hookworm | hydrophobia | impetigo | infantile paralysis | infectious mononucleosis | inflammatory rheumatism | influenza | itch | jail fever | jungle rot | kala azar | kissing disease | lepra | leprosy | leptospirosis | lichen | lichen primus | loa loa | loaiasis | lockjaw | lupus | lupus vulgaris | madness | malaria | malarial fever | marsh fever | measles | meningitis | miliaria | milzbrand | mumps | ornithosis | osteomyelitis | paratyphoid fever | parotitis | parrot fever | pemphigus | pertussis | pneumonia | polio | poliomyelitis | polyarthritis rheumatism | ponos | prickly heat | pruigo | pruritus | psittacosis | psora | rabbit fever | rabies | rat-bite fever | relapsing fever | rheumatic fever | rickettsialpox | ringworm | rubella | rubeola | scabies | scarlatina | scarlet fever | schistosomiasis | septic sore throat | shingles | skin cancer | sleeping sickness | sleepy sickness | smallpox | snail fever | splenic fever | spotted fever | strep throat | swamp fever | tetanus | tetter | thrush | tinea | trench fever | trench mouth | tuberculosis | tularemia | typhoid | typhoid fever | typhus | typhus fever | undulant fever | vaccinia | varicella | variola | venereal disease | viral dysentery | whooping cough | yaws | yellow fever | yellow jack | zona | zoster

See Also | animal virus | cytomegalovirus | EBV | Epstein-Barr virus | herpes simplex | herpes simplex | herpes simplex virus | herpes zoster | herpes zoster | herpes zoster virus | infectious disease | shingles | varicella zoster virus | zoster

Herpes In Webster's Dictionary

\Her"pes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. "e`rphs, fr. "e`rpein to creep.] (Med.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.

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