Herpes

['hɜːpiːz] or ['hɝpiz]

Definition

(noun.) any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.

(noun.) viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

Typed by Geoffrey--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another.

Typed by Eugenia

Definition

n. the name of a group of diseases of the skin characterised by the presence of clusters of vesicles on an inflamed base—Catarrhal herpes and Herpes zoster or Shingles.—adj. Herpet′ic relating to or resembling herpes: creeping.

Editor: Rodney