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Webster 1828 Edition
Herpes
HER'PES
,Noun.
A term applied to several cutaneous eruptions, from their tendency to spread or creep from one part of the skin to another.
An eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling; including the shingles,ringworm, &c.
Definition 2024
Herpes
herpes
herpes
English
Noun
herpes (plural herpeses)
- (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human herpesvirus 1 and Human herpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.
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viral disease
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Finnish
Noun
herpes
- (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)
Declension
| Inflection of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | herpes | — | |
| genitive | herpeksen | — | |
| partitive | herpestä | — | |
| illative | herpekseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | herpes | — | |
| accusative | nom. | herpes | — |
| gen. | herpeksen | ||
| genitive | herpeksen | — | |
| partitive | herpestä | — | |
| inessive | herpeksessä | — | |
| elative | herpeksestä | — | |
| illative | herpekseen | — | |
| adessive | herpeksellä | — | |
| ablative | herpekseltä | — | |
| allative | herpekselle | — | |
| essive | herpeksenä | — | |
| translative | herpekseksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | herpeksettä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |