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Definition of Herpetic
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes; as, herpetic eruptions.
Definition of Herpetic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease; ''as'' a herpetic sore throat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Herpetic
1. herpes [adj] - See also: herpes
Medical Definition of Herpetic
1. 1. Relating to or characterised by herpes. 2. Relating to or caused by a herpetovirus or herpesvirus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herpetic
Literary usage of Herpetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essentials of Diagnosis by Solomon Solis-Cohen, Augustus Adolph Eshner (1902)
"herpetic Sore-Throat. What is herpetic sore-throat? herpetic sore-throat, herpetic
tonsillitis, herpes of the pharynx, common membranous sore-throat, ..."
2. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1902)
"I have adopted the term herpetic because the condition is analogous to herpes of
... herpetic stomatitis is always associated with more or less catarrhal ..."
3. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"herpétique) ; that this morbid condition is characterised by the presence of
various herpetic eruptions and by an acute lobular pneumonia, to which the name ..."
4. A System of surgery v.2: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1872)
"herpetic Affections.—The auditory passage is occasionally the seat of herpetic
disease, either as a primary affection, or as a propagation from the auricle, ..."
5. Lectures on Clinical Medicine: Delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris by Armand Trousseau, Pierre Victor Bazire, John Rose Cormack (1870)
"Topical Treatment is the most usual.—Constitutional Treatment is very useful in
Syphilitic Ozana : also of considerable benefit in. herpetic and Scrofulous ..."
6. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"herpetic Tonsillitis.—herpetic tonsillitis is characterized by the formation of
herpetic vesicles over the surface of the tonsils. Herpes zoster of the face ..."
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