Herpes

Definitions: Herpes

Herpes

Noun

1. Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

2. Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "herpes" was first used: sometime in the late 14th century. (references)

Etymology: Herpes \Her"pes\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression "e`rphs, from "e`rpein to creep.]. (Websters 1913)

Health

Medicine

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Herpes

Disease

Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack.

Crosswords: Herpes

Albanian (shingles), Dutch (herpes), German (herpes), Italian (hobbyist), Latin (a spreading skin eruption, herpes), Portuguese (herpes, herring, tetter), Romanian (herpes), Serbo-Croatian (herpes), Spanish (herpes, shingles), Swedish (dartre, herpes).

I swear I have never, ever had herpes on my lip. (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg)

Tell Victor that Ramon---the fella he met about a week ago?---tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man. (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.)

! Haven't you ever seen herpes before? (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One (references; author: unknown)

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References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Genital Herpes (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Genital and Neonatal Herpes (reference)

• Immunobiology of Infection With Herpes Simplex Virus (reference)

• Understanding Herpes (Understanding Health and Sickness Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells as well. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family.Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer).

The photo of an electron micrograph of HHV-6 also includes a labeled insert of the mature virus particle. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells and is the cause of the childhood rash "roseola" and some cases of mononucleosis.Credit: Bernard Kramarsky (photographer).

Shown is a culture medium and the hands of a technician. In this recombinant DNA technology, the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus is being cloned in bacteria. Those bacteria that have incorporated the gene are no longer resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline. By growing the bacteria on media that includes tetracycline, the colonies that don't grow are selected (circled in slide). These bacteria have incorporated the gene that is being studied.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Histopathology of esophageal epithelium shows border of ulcer caused by active Herpes simplex virus infection. Intranuclear inclusions and multinucleation are visible.Credit: CDC.

Note the herpetic lesions on the palmar surface of the left ring finger. Living in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord, under stressful conditions, the herpes viruses migrate along the pathways of peripheral nerve distribution.Credit: CDC.

Transmission electron micrograph of herpes simplex virus. Some nucleocapsids are empty, as shown by penetration of electron-dense stain.Credit: CDC.

Amongst these members is varicella-zoster (Chickenpox), and herpes simplex type 1 and 2 (HSV-1, HSV-2).Credit: CDC.

Herpes simplex lesion of lower lip, second day after onset. HSV, cold sore.Credit: CDC.

Women who acquire genital herpes during pregnancy can transmit the virus to their babies. Untreated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infections in newborns can result in mental retardation and death.Credit: CDC.

With AIDS around, gonorrhea, syphilis & herpes are fair warning. : STOP.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Health

Viruses such as this herpes virus. (references)

Genital herpes affects an estimated 60 million Americans. (references)

Valacyclovir (Valtrex�) treats later episodes of genital herpes. (references)

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Expressions using "herpes": actinic herpes ♦ genital herpes ♦ herpes corneae ♦ herpes encephalitis ♦ herpes genitalis ♦ Herpes Gestationis ♦ herpes labialis ♦ herpes ophthalmicus ♦ herpes simplex ♦ herpes simplex 1 ♦ herpes simplex 2 ♦ herpes simplex encephalitis ♦ herpes simplex virus ♦ Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65 ♦ Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccines ♦ herpes varicella zoster ♦ herpes varicella zoster virus ♦ herpes virus ♦ herpes zoster ♦ Herpes Zoster and Varicella Viruses ♦ Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus ♦ Herpes Zoster Oticus ♦ herpes zoster virus ♦ oral herpes ♦ solar herpes ♦ type I Herpes ♦ type II Herpes ♦ Varicella and Herpes Zoster Viruses. Additional references.

Beginning with "herpes": Herpes-en-charente.

Ending with "herpes": pre-herpes.

Albanian

urdhje. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قوباء مرض جلدي, ‏داء المنطقة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

херпес (zoster). (various references)

Czech

opar (haze, mist). (various references)

Danish

herpes. (various references)

Dutch

herpes. (various references)

Esperanto

herpeto, herpato. (various references)

Finnish

ihmisen herpesvirus 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references)

French

herpès (herpes simplex), i.e.S.herpès, dartre, éruption herpitiforme. (various references)

German

Herpes. (various references)

Greek 

έρπησ (shingles), έρπητας. (various references)

Hebrew 

שלבקת, זחלת, �"רפס. (various references)

Hungarian

herpesz, sömör (cracked heel, grapes, lichen, ringworm, tetter). (various references)

Irish

deir. (various references)

Italian

Herpes (hobbyist), erpete. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

疱疹 (blister). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほうし�" (absentmindedness, blister, gun barrel, honorific reference to another's kind intentions, honorific reference to another's letter, objective, peace of mind, plan, policy, tidings of peach blossoms). (various references)

Korean 

포진. (various references)

Pig Latin

erpeshay

Portuguese

herpes (herring, tetter). (various references)

Romanian

herpes. (various references)

Russian 

герпес (zoster), пузырьковый лишай. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

herpes, groznica (fever, feverishness). (various references)

Spanish

herpes (shingles). (various references)

Swedish

herpes (dartre), revorm (dartre, ringworm). (various references)

Turkish

uçuk (cold sore, faint, fever blister, pale, pastel). (various references)

Turkmen 

demrew (shingles). (various references)

Ukranian 

герпес, лишай (impetigo, lichen). (various references)

Vietnamese 

bệnh mụn giộp. (various references)

herpes. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "herpes": herpesvirus, herpesviruses. (additional references)

Words ending with "herpes": antiherpes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Herpes" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: harpee, heapes, helpes, hepes, heraeus, heres, Herkes, hermes, herpe, herpesd, herpex, herpeys, herpies, herpis, herppies, herps, herpys, herveys, herzes, Hyprez. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sphere.

-1 letter: heres, peers, perse, prees, prese, sheep, sheer, speer, spree.

-2 letters: here, hers, peer, pees, pehs, pree, rees, reps, resh, seep, seer, sere.

-3 letters: ere, ers, hep, her, hes, pee, peh, per, pes, ree, rep, res, see, ser, she.

-4 letters: eh, er, es, he, pe, re, sh.

+1 letter: helpers, perches, reshape, sphered, spheres, threeps.

+2 letters: cheepers, ensphere, ephedras, euphroes, insphere, oosphere, peachers, perchers, perished, perishes, pharisee, preaches, preheats, preshape, rephrase, reshaped, reshaper, reshapes, shepherd, spherier, spherule, syphered, telphers, unsphere.

+3 letters: aphereses, apheresis, biosphere, coryphees, deciphers, earphones, earthpeas, ecosphere, eldership, enciphers, ensphered, enspheres, eparchies, ephedrins, ephemeras, ephemeris, ephorates, exosphere, graphemes, hamperers, hemipters, hyperopes, insphered, inspheres, morphemes, nephrites, nephroses, noosphere, oospheres, overheaps, overhopes, overhypes, perhapses, pharisees, phrensied, phrensies, poechores, preachers, prechecks, preshaped, preshapes, preshowed, prewashed, prewashes, protheses, repatches, rephrased, rephrases, replenish, reshapers, reshipped, semaphore, sepulcher, sepulchre, shapelier, sharpened, sharpener, shepherds, spearhead, spheriest, spherules, superheat, superhero, superhype, tephrites, therapies, threapers, trephines, unsphered, unspheres, upheavers, upreaches, whispered, whisperer.

+4 letters: antiherpes, aphaereses, aphaeresis, apprehends, archetypes, atmosphere, beechdrops, biospheres, blasphemer, chaperones, dealership, ecospheres, elderships, ensphering, ephedrines, ephemerals, ephemerids, epistrophe, euphrasies, eutrophies, exospheres, exospheric, externship, hairpieces, hemisphere, hesperidia, hesperidin, horsepower, horsepoxes, hotpressed, hotpresses, hyperboles, hypercubes, hyperemias, hyperpneas, hyperspace, hypertense, hypertexts, hypsometer, interphase, ionosphere, leadership, membership, mesosphere, metaphrase, noospheres, orthoepies, parfleches, parfleshes, pearlashes, peashooter, penholders, perishable, pewholders, pheromones, powerhouse, preachiest, preharvest, preheaters, prehensile, prehension, prepunches, prophecies, prophesied, prophesier, prophesies, prophetess, prostheses, readership, reemphases, reemphasis, repechages, repolished, repolishes, reprehends, reproaches, repurchase, schipperke, semaphored, semaphores, sepulchers, sepulchred, sepulchres, sharpeners, sheepberry, shepherded, shopkeeper, spearheads, sphalerite, spherulite, spirochete, stepfather, stepmother, superheats, superheavy, superhelix, superhyped, superhypes, telegraphs, viewership, whisperers, xerophytes.

+5 letters: atmosphered, atmospheres, bathysphere, biographees, blasphemers, champerties, ciphertexts, comprehends, copperheads, ctenophores, dealerships, decipherers, diaphoreses, emperorship, encipherers, ephemerides, epigraphers, epigraphies, epinephrins, epistrophes, euphemizers, externships, fleahoppers, generalship, geographers, geographies, handpresses, helicopters, heliotropes, hemipterans, hemipterous, hemispheres, hemispheric, heptameters, heptarchies, herpesvirus, hesperidins, hesperidium, heterospory, horseplayer, horsepowers, housekeeper, houseparent, houseperson, hydrosphere, hypergamies, hypermedias, hypermeters, hypermnesia, hypermnesic, hyperplanes, hypersaline, hypersexual, hyperspaces, hypersthene, hypocenters, hypsometers, interphases, ionospheres, keypunchers, leaderships, leafhoppers, lectureship, leprechauns, lithosphere, memberships, mesonephric, mesonephroi, mesonephros, mesospheres, mesospheric, metanephros, metaphrases, microsphere, negrophobes, nephritides, nephrostome, outpreaches, ozonosphere, parentheses, parenthesis, paresthesia, paresthetic, peashooters, pentarchies, peripherals, peripheries, periphrases, perishables, permethrins, phelloderms, photometers, photosetter, photosphere, phrasemaker, pinfeathers, planisphere, porterhouse, powerhouses, preachifies, preachiness, preachments, prefreshman, prefreshmen, preharvests, prehearings, prehensions, premiership, premonished, premonishes, prepurchase, preschedule, preschooler, preshrunken, prophesiers, readerships, reemphasize, replenished, replenisher, replenishes, reproachers, republished, republisher, republishes, repurchased, repurchases, reupholster, rhizosphere, schipperkes, sepulchered, serigrapher, sharpnesses, sheepherder, shepherdess, shepherding, shipwrecked, shopkeepers, speakership, spearfished, spearfishes, spearheaded, spermatheca, spermophile, sphalerites, spherometer, spherulites, spirochaete, spirochetes, spreadsheet, stepbrother, stepfathers, stepmothers, stereograph, stereophony, supercharge, superharden, superheated, superheater, superheroes, supersleuth, surfperches, telephoners, therapeuses, therapeusis, thermopiles, thermoscope, threepences, traineeship, treehoppers, troposphere, trusteeship, upholstered, upholsterer, viewerships, xerophilies.

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