herpes

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He said that shingles looks exactly like the more ordinary form of herpes ( "Not that kind of herpes," he was quick to assure me, gesturing toward my lap), so this is like a cold sore but on my forehead.

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  1. noun Any of several viral diseases causing the eruption of small blisterlike vesicles on the skin or mucous membranes, especially herpes simplex or herpes zoster.

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  • Aside from the social stigma the main complaint about having herpes is the fact that you don't have a life. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
  • Teens learn condoms don't protect you completely from human papillomavirus (HPV) and herpes, which is true, but they may not realize that they protect against all the "fluid-based STDs," she says. —  Google News - Top Stories
  • Type 1 refers to oral herpes, this is the kind of herpes that shows up on your lips and in or around your mouth. —  Article Marketer
  • The clearest indicator of genital herpes is the presence of sores or blisters in or around the vagina. —  Article Marketer
  • Technorati Tags: female symptoms herpes, herpes outbreak, herpes simplex type 2, herpes treatment, signs of female herpes —  Article Marketer
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  1. Middle English, from Latin herpēs, from Greek, from herpein, to creep.

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  1. = French herpès (Old French herpet, masculine, herpete, feminine) = Spanish herpe = Portuguese herpes = Italian erpete, from Latin herpes, from Greek έρπης (ἑρπητ-), herpes, literally a creeping (so called from the tendency of the eruption to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another), from ἑρπειν = Latin serpere, creep: see serpent.
 

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