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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or resembling herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes: as, herpetic patches.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, the herpes; partaking of the nature of herpes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Of or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease; as a herpetic sore throat.

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