herpes

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ.piz/

herpes (plural herpeses)

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

• herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

• herpes zoster

• herpes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• herpes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• herpes at OneLook Dictionary Search

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

herpes m

1. herpes

• opar m

herpes

1. herpes

herpes

1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

• huuliherpes
• sukuelinherpes

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛr.peːs]

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Third declension.

• herpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

herpes m or f (in variation) (plural herpes)

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

herpes m or f (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore