˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

herpetic

[ her-pet-ik ]

adjective

Pathology.
  1. of, relating to, or caused by herpes.


herpetic

/ ³óÉœËˈ±èÉ›³Ùɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. of or relating to any of the herpes diseases
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person suffering from any of the herpes diseases
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of herpetic1

1775–85; < Greek ³ó±ð°ù±èŧ³Ù-, stem of ³óé°ù±èŧ²õ ( herpes ) + -ic
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

He says it is possible the surgeon may have had a herpetic whitlow - a herpes infection on the finger - which could have "directly seeded the herpes into the abdomen of the women".

From

Crawford, who was 15 at the time of the alleged assault, says she developed herpetic lesions on her throat.

From

His rash looked more like a herpetic infection or hand, foot and mouth disease, an infection usually caused by the Coxsackie virus and most commonly found in young children and occasionally in adolescents.

From

Most had hardly heard of genital herpes, to say nothing about the common and devastating systemic herpetic infections in immunocompromised patients.

From

The new conditions for adults include spasticity and neuropathic pain associated with fibromyalgia; severe rheumatoid arthritis; post herpetic neuralgia; hydrocephalus with intractable headache; intractable headache syndrome and neuropathic facial pain.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement