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Herpes
| 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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