herpes

See also Herpes, and herpès

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈhɝ.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by the Herpes simplex virus, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

• herpes simplex

Related terms

• herpes zoster

Translations

viral disease

• Arabic: هربس (ar) (hírbis) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皰疹 (cmn), 疱疹 (cmn) (pàozhěn)

• Czech: opar (cs) m
• Esperanto: herpeto (eo)
• French: herpès (fr) m
• German: Herpes (de) m
• Greek: έρπης (el) (érpis) m 
• Japanese: 疱疹 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin)

• Korean: 포진 (ko) (pojin) (疱疹 (ko))
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: herpes (nb) m

  Nynorsk: herpes (nn) m

• Russian: герпес (ru) (gérpes) m , лишай (ru) (lišáj) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: херпес (sh) m

  Roman: herpes (sh) m

• Swahili: tego (sw)

External links

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

Anagrams

• Hesper
• sphere

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Czech

Noun

herpes

1. herpes

Synonyms

• opar m