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Synonyms for herpes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hur-peez |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr piz |
Top 10 synonyms for herpes
Définition of herpes
Origin :- late 14c., "inflammatory, spreading skin condition" (used of shingles, gangrene, etc.), from Latin herpes "a spreading skin eruption," from Greek herpes, the name for the disease shingles, literally "creeping," from herpein "to creep" (cognate with Latin serpere "to creep;" see serpent). The condition was not distinguished into specific diseases until early 19c.
- As in sexually transmitted disease : noun disease given through sexual relations
- As in venereal disease : noun disease communicable through sex
- Herpes has been described in connection with both adult and infantile scurvy.
- Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
- Achor is, 'a species of the Herpes;' and Hey, 'an expression of joy.'
- Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
- In 1842–43 Gruby showed that Herpes tonsurans, a form of ringworm, is due to the fungus Trichophyton tonsurans.
- Extract from : « The Fundamentals of Bacteriology » by Charles Bradfield Morrey
- Herpes of the lips, due to a mild staphylococcal infection, is common in delicate children and in the early stages of pneumonia.
- Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
- Herpes facialis is often observed in association with colds and febrile and lung diseases.
- Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
- Shingles, shing′glz, n. popular name for the disease Herpes zoster.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
- Herpes of the lips sometimes occurs in the commencement of the disease.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- Herpes consists of gregarious spreading excoriations, which are succeeded by branny scales or scabs.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
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