Herpes

//ˈhɚ.piz// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals. countable, uncountable

    "This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737."

  2. 2
    any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin wordnet
  3. 3
    viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane wordnet

Etymology

From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

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