HERPES SIMPLEX


Meaning of HERPES SIMPLEX in English

[her.pes sim.plex] n [NL, lit., simple herpes] (1907): either of two virus diseases marked in one case by groups of watery blisters on the skin or mucous membranes (as of the mouth and lips) above the waist and in the other by such blisters on the genitals

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