Male circumcision decreases the risk of viral infections that cause herpes and cancer.
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Herpes
//ˈhɚ.piz//
Synonyms for "herpes" (159 found)
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loaiasislockjawlupuslupus vulgarismadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismiliariamilzbrandmumpsornithosisosteomyelitisparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpemphiguspertussis
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pneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponosprickly heatpruigoprurituspsittacosispsorarabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascabiesscarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisseptic sore throatshinglesskinskin cancersleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp fevertetanustetterthrushtineatrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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41 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἕρπης noun (viral disease)
Arabic
2 entries- حَلَأ noun (viral disease)
- هِرْبِس noun (viral disease)
Asturian
1 entries- herpe noun (viral disease)
Belarusian
1 entries- герпес noun (viral disease)
Catalan
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 皰疹 /疱疹 noun (viral disease)
Czech
1 entries- opar noun (viral disease)
Danish
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Esperanto
1 entries- herpeto noun (viral disease)
Finnish
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
French
1 entries- herpès noun (viral disease)
Galician
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
German
1 entries- Herpes noun (viral disease)
Greek
1 entries- έρπης noun (viral disease)
Greenlandic
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Hebrew
2 entries- הֶרְפֶּס noun (viral disease)
- שַׁלְבֶּקֶת noun (viral disease)
Hungarian
1 entries- herpesz noun (viral disease)
Japanese
1 entries- 疱疹 noun (viral disease)
Kashubian
1 entries- òpriszczka noun (viral disease)
Kazakh
2 entries- теміреткі noun (viral disease)
- ұшық noun (viral disease)
Korean
1 entries- 포진 noun (viral disease)
Māori
1 entries- pāpaka noun (viral disease)
Norman
1 entries- hèrpies noun (viral disease)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Polish
1 entries- opryszczka noun (viral disease)
Portuguese
1 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
Russian
2 entries- ге́рпес noun (viral disease)
- лиша́й noun (viral disease)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- herpes noun (viral disease)
- херпес noun (viral disease)
Spanish
2 entries- herpe noun (viral disease)
- herpes noun (viral disease)
Swahili
1 entries- tego noun (viral disease)
Tagalog
1 entries- sakit-ahas noun (viral disease)
Tamil
1 entries- அக்கி noun (viral disease)
Thai
1 entries- เริม noun (viral disease)
Turkish
1 entries- uçuk noun (viral disease)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She stayed inside during herpes outbreaks.
Source: tatoeba (792713)
Virtually the entire population is infected with one of eight herpes viruses.
Source: tatoeba (5322774)
I wasn't expecting to get herpes in Australia.
Source: tatoeba (5790523)
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