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Definition of Herpes

1. Noun. Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

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

Definition of Herpes

1. n. 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.

Definition of Herpes

1. Noun. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by the Herpes simplex virus, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herpes

1. a skin infection [n HERPES] : HERPETIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Herpes

1. Any inflammatory skin disease caused by a herpes virus and characterised by the formation of clusters of small vesicles. When used alone, the term may refer to herpes simplex or to herpes zoster. Origin: L., Gr. Herpes = a spreading cutaneous eruption, from herpein = to creep This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herpes

herons heronsew heronsews heronshaw heronshaws heroon heroons heros heroship heroships

herostratic herostratically herp herpangia herpangina herpes B encephalomyelitis herpes circinatus bullosus herpes corneae herpes desquamans herpes digitalis

herpes encephalitis herpes generalisatus herpes gestationis herpes gladiatorum herpes iris

Literary usage of Herpes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"(On the other hand, herpes zoster in this region may be associated with pain exactly similar to that observed in renal eolic and with marked diminution in, ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"The Pathology of Nasal and Labial herpes (Autopsy). Amer. Jour. Med. Sc., 1903. Hedinger. ... herpes Zoster Auris. Laryngology and Rhinology, 1906. ..."

3. On diseases of the skin: A System of Cutaneous Medicine by Erasmus Wilson (1868)
"By Saturday a few only of these scabs remained; and on Sunday, the completion of the week, traces only of the existence of the eruption remained. herpes ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"The association of herpes zoster with motor paralysis has been observed in a number of cases, the herpes generally preceding the paralysis, but occasionally ..."

5. Treatise on diseases of the skin by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1907)
"herpes is certainly neurotic. It is possible that it may depend upon ... herpes facialis is, as a rule, readily recognized, especially when on the lip. ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"The Pathology of Nasal and Labial herpes (Autopsy). Amer. Jour. Med. Sc., 1903. Hedinger. ... herpes Zoster Auris. Laryngology and Rhinology, 1906. Sommers. ..."

7. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1883)
"herpes closely resembles erysipelas, in being an acute dermatitis arising ... Hebra defines the various forms of herpes as " a series of acute cutaneous ..."

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