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Definition: Herpes Virus |
Herpes VirusNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A member of the herpes family of viruses. (references) |
Medicine | /herpes: any of several virus diseases characterized by the formation of blisters on the skin or mucous membranes. WEBIN 66/. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Herpes VirusSynonym: herpes (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Herpes Virus |
| English words defined with "herpes virus": chickenpox, cold sore ♦ EBV, Epstein-Barr virus ♦ fever blister ♦ genital herpes ♦ herpes genitalis, herpes labialis, herpes simplex, herpes simplex 1, herpes simplex 2, herpes simplex virus, herpes varicella zoster, herpes varicella zoster virus, herpes zoster, herpes zoster virus, HS1, HS2, HSv-1, HSV-2 ♦ oral herpes ♦ Ramsay Hunt syndrome ♦ varicella, varicella zoster virus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "herpes virus": AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ♦ CMV ♦ Deoxycytidine Kinase ♦ Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65, Herpesvirus 1, Human ♦ Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption ♦ progenitalis ♦ Vidarabine ♦ Wobe-Mugos E. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This is a histological slide of the human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) previously known as HBLV, a type of herpes virus that was discovered in October, 1986. This is a photomicrograph of infected cells, with inclusion bodies in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm. The slide is stained with H&E.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Viruses such as this herpes virus. (references) | |
A blood test cannot show whether a person can infect another person with the herpes virus. (references) | ||
Prompt treatment with anti-viral drugs helps to stop the herpes virus from multiplying and destroying epithelial cells. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
herpes virus | 243 |
herpes virus picture | 11 |
herpes virus genital | 8 |
feline herpes virus | 6 |
del herpes virus | 6 |
canine herpes virus | 6 |
equine herpes virus | 4 |
6 herpes virus | 4 |
1 herpes virus | 3 |
kill herpes virus | 2 |
foto herpes virus | 2 |
2 herpes virus | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "herpes virus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | human herpesvirus 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | humaan herpesvirus (human herpes virus), Humaan Herpes virus type VI (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ihmisen herpesvirus 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | virus herpétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Humanes Herpes-Virpus (human herpes virus), humaner Herpesvirus 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερπητοϊός του ανθρώπου 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | herpesvirus umano 6 (human herpes virus 6), herpesvirus hominis 6 (human herpes virus 6), virus erpetico umano (human herpes virus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erpeshay irusvay herpes vírus humano tipo 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) virus herpes humano 6 (human herpes virus 6), virus herpes humano (human herpes virus). (various references) humant herpesvirus 6 (human herpes virus 6). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Herpes Virus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: herpesvirus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: herpesvirus. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-p-r-r-s-s-u-v" | |
-2 letters: shiverers, supervise. | |
-3 letters: perishes, perusers, pressure, previses, priseres, reissuer, reprises, respires, revisers, sherries, shiverer, shrieves, shrivers, spherier, spurries, surprise, uprisers, uprivers. | |
-4 letters: heiress, herries, hurries, peevish, perries, peruser, peruses, presser, previse, prevues, prisere, pursers, pursier, pushers, pushier, pussier, rehires, reissue, reivers, repress, reprise, rerises, reships, respire, reviser, revises, rievers, rushees, rushers, rushier, seisure, serries, servers, sherris, shivers, shrieve, shriver, shrives, sirrees, spheres, suspire, upriser, uprises, upriver, versers, vespers, viruses. | |
-5 letters: espies, herpes, hirers, hisser, issuer, peises, perish, perses, peruse, pishes, pisser, prevue, priers, prises, purees, purser, purses, pusher, pushes, rehire, reiver, reives, rerise, reshes, reship, reuses, revers, revise, revues, rhesus, rhuses, riever, risers, rivers, rupees, rushee, rusher, rushes, seiser, series, server, serves, severs, sheers, shiers, shires, shirrs, shiver, shives, shrive, sieurs, sieves, sirees, sirree, sirups, sivers, speers, speirs, speise, sphere, spiers, spires, sprees, sprier, sprues, supers, uprise, ushers, verier, verser, verses, versus, vesper, vipers. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-p-r-r-s-s-u-v" | |
+2 letters: herpesviruses. | |
+3 letters: superachievers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 70 65 73 56 69 72 75 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110011 00100000 01010110 01101001 01110010 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r p e s   V i r u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 0070 0065 0073 0056 0069 0072 0075 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718482718525675848785 |
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