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Herpes

noun

Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin. Synonym: herpes virus.

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"Herpes" Quotes from Famous Books

... bark for cutaneous eruptions, herpes, and lepra. Four ounces of the bark boiled in decoction in two quarts of water down to one quart. That half a pint given twice a day has made inveterate eruptions of lepra, both dry ...

— The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses • Robert Charles Hope

... involved. In the right arm there was unendurable pain to the touch, and this was present in a lesser degree in the left arm. Cutaneous sensibility was lessened. On June 13th a chill was followed by herpes over the left arm and chest, and later on the back and on the front of the chest. The temperature was normal. The second case was a married Englishwoman of sixty-four. The enlarged tissue was very unevenly ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

... HERPES (FUNGOUS SKIN DISEASE).—This is a contagious disease of the skin caused by thread fungi, Tricophyton tonsurans and epilans, which develop in the skin in localized areas, causing vesicles, scabs or scales to appear, ...

— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.