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Herpes definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HER'PES,n. [Gr. to creep.] Tetters; an eruption on the skin; erysipelas; ringworm, etc. This disease takes various names according to its form or the part affected.
A term applied to several cutaneous eruptions, from their tendency to spread or creep from one part of the skin to another.
An eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling; including the shingles,ringworm, etc.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
2: any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin [syn: herpes, herpes virus]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek herp?s, from herpein to creep — more at serpent Date: 14th century any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vesicles; especially herpes simplex • herpetic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a virus disease with outbreaks of blisters on the skin etc. Phrases and idioms: herpes simplex a viral infection which may produce blisters or conjunctivitis. herpes zoster = SHINGLES. Derivatives: herpetic adj. Etymology: ME f. L f. Gk herpes -etos shingles f. herpo creep: zoster f. Gk zoster belt, girdle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Herpes Her"pes, n. [L., fr. Gr. "e`rphs, fr. "e`rpein to creep.] (Med.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Herpes is a disease which causes painful red spots to appear on the skin.

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, bubonic plague, cachectic fever, cerebral rheumatism, chicken pox, cholera, cowpox, dandy fever, deer fly fever, dengue, dengue fever, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, diphtheria, dumdum fever, dysentery, eczema, elephantiasis, encephalitis lethargica, enteric fever, epithelioma, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, famine fever, five-day fever, flu, frambesia, glandular fever, grippe, hansenosis, heat rash, hepatitis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, histoplasmosis, hives, hookworm, hydrophobia, impetigo, infantile paralysis, infectious mononucleosis, inflammatory rheumatism, influenza, itch, jail fever, jungle rot, kala azar, kissing disease, lepra, leprosy, leptospirosis, lichen, lichen primus, loa loa, loaiasis, lockjaw, lupus, lupus vulgaris, madness, malaria, malarial fever, marsh fever, measles, meningitis, miliaria, milzbrand, mumps, ornithosis, osteomyelitis, paratyphoid fever, parotitis, parrot fever, pemphigus, pertussis, pneumonia, polio, poliomyelitis, polyarthritis rheumatism, ponos, prickly heat, pruigo, pruritus, psittacosis, psora, rabbit fever, rabies, rat-bite fever, relapsing fever, rheumatic fever, rickettsialpox, ringworm, rubella, rubeola, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, schistosomiasis, septic sore throat, shingles, skin cancer, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, smallpox, snail fever, splenic fever, spotted fever, strep throat, swamp fever, tetanus, tetter, thrush, tinea, trench fever, trench mouth, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid, typhoid fever, typhus, typhus fever, undulant fever, vaccinia, varicella, variola, venereal disease, viral dysentery, whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever, yellow jack, zona, zoster