Antonyms for herpes
ˈhɜr pizher·pes

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Virus
   • Infectious Disease

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

How to use herpes in a sentence?

1. Amy Loper:

   You had a really rotten day, but lucky for you your best friend is having an awesome party later. You go to the party and start drinking. You have a little too much to drink and start talking to this girl/guy you’ve never seen before. You head upstairs to better acquainted despite several friends telling you that you don’t even know this person. You end up having sex with this person. The next day you really can’t remember everything that happened and rely on your best friend to fill you in. A week later you find out that you contracted herpes from your one night stand and that this is a disease you will have all your life and never known when an outbreak will occur.

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. Hunter Handsfield:

   Because of the nature of the female genitalia, if you get new herpes, there's likely multiple painful blisters, for men, typically a few blisters.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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