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herpes

noun

1 herpes

Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: herpes
Polish: opryszczka, skwarka, zimno, opryszczka zwykła, opryszczka pospolita, febra

2 herpes

Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.

synonym: herpes virus.


Moby thesaurus: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acne, acne vulgaris, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, blackwater fever, breakbone fever, brucellosis ... show more.

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