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. Julianna Schantz-Dunn:

   You may feel some itching or painful urination, but the symptoms may not be as severe as you’d think, i’ve seen people try to treat herpes with a topical yeast medication—and that doesn’t do much.

2. Milton Schiffenbauer:

   The results validates (sic) our belief that a diet that includes a tablespoon of cinnamon once or twice a day can be effective in eliminating or preventing viruses from infecting humans and causing sickness, such as colds, flu, and even herpes.

3. 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.

4. Ben Hatta:

   As soon as the medical tests came back, you ’d see that herpes was the biggest thing, and sometimes you ’d be the first person to tell a contestant that they had herpes. You ’d be like, ‘ Uh, you should call your doctor. ’ Why ? ‘ We’re not going to be able to have you on our show, but you should call your doctor. ’.

5. 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.