Herpes - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: herpesHerpes simplex
either of two forms of herpesvirus infection distinguished as being caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 HSV 1 which causes mostly sores and eruptions around the mouth cold sores and fever blisters and at other points above the waist and herpes simplex virus type 2 HSV 2 causing genital herpes HSV 1 is also known in some cases to cause genital herpes infections...
Herpes zoster
same as shingles a form of herpes caused by the varicella zoster virus...
HS1
Herpes simplex 1 a herpes virus that causes oral herpes also called type I Herpes...
HS2
Herpes simplex 2 a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes also called type II Herpes...
Herpesvirus
any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae including among them such human disease causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes varicella zoster virus Herpes zoster virus causing shingles and chickenpox varicella Epstein Barr virus EB virus causing infectious mononucleosis and Cytomegalovirus...
Herpetic
Pertaining to or resembling the herpes partaking of the nature of herpes as herpetic eruptions...
Shingles
A kind of herpes Herpes zoster which spreads half way around the body like a girdle and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain...
Genital
Pertaining to generation or to the generative organs as genital herpes...
Herpes
An eruption of the skin taking various names according to its form or the part affected caused by a herpesvirus infection especially an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters accompanied with itching or tingling including shingles ringworm and the like so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another...
Herpes zoster virus
same as varicella zoster virus...
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