Synonyms for herpes
ˈhɜr pizher·pes

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1. herpesnoun

   Synonyms:
   herpes simplex

2. herpesnoun

   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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. herpesnoun

   viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane

   Synonyms:
   herpes virus

2. herpes, herpes virusnoun

   any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin

   Synonyms:
   herpes virus

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1. • Animal Virus
   • Infectious Disease

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1. Christina Wojewada:

   The lesions themselves can get confused with the lesions of herpes or chickenpox, or syphilis, and so sexually transmitted disease clinics might be seeing more of these patients for that, because they can present similarly to those diseases, so, I think it's important both for patients and clinicians to give a full history of your potential exposures so that, if appropriate, testing for monkeypox can be performed.

2. Judy Palermo:

   Blood tests from both Kalina and Nyah showed high levels of EEHV, full necropsy results will not be in for several weeks, but they indicated multiple organ failures brought on by elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

3. Tim Allen:

   We're not sure he's going to last, whereas the Clintons are like herpes: Just when you think they're gone, they show up again.

4. John Brooks:

   In some cases, it has produced anal or genital lesions that look like other diseases like herpes or chickenpox or syphilis.

5. Abdool Karim:

   We've had a mixed bag of results in trying to get women to use tenofovir gel for HIV protection, the main concern has been many of these young individuals who are at highest risk for herpes and HIV don't actually consider themselves at risk. They don't appreciate their risk. It's the same for alcohol consumption, dangerous driving or smoking or any of these things.