Associations to the word «Herpes»

Wiktionary

HERPES, noun. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human herpesvirus 1 and Human herpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.
HERPES GLADIATORUM, noun. One of the most infectious of herpes-caused diseases, transmissible by skin-to-skin contact.
HERPES SIMPLEX, noun. (pathology) A viral disease caused by Human herpesvirus 1 or Human herpesvirus 2 in genus Simplexvirus.
HERPES ZOSTER, noun. (pathology) An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that causes chicken pox.

Dictionary definition

HERPES, noun. Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.
HERPES, noun. Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.

Wise words

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