Definitions
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 anyherpesvirus or herpesvirus-causeddisease ; as a herpeticsore throat .
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Examples
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Other disorders such as herpetic whitlow, herpes gladiatorum, ocular herpes (keratitis), cerebral herpes infection encephalitis, Mollaret's meningitis, neonatal herpes, and possibly Bell's palsy are all caused by herpes simplex viruses.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Other disorders such as herpetic whitlow, herpes gladiatorum, ocular herpes (keratitis), cerebral herpes infection encephalitis,
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Other disorders such as herpetic whitlow, herpes gladiatorum, ocular herpes (keratitis), cerebral herpes infection encephalitis, Mollaret's meningitis, neonatal herpes, and possibly Bell's palsy are all caused by herpes simplex viruses.
WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010
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Bev, did you re-coagulate the revert setting to the position of the geometric trade-off concurrent with the linear approach to the more telepathic scenarios shored up along the meter housing unit with the herpetic cable doctrine situated near, but not in-line with, the I-NOUNDERSTAND Y. O.U.123?
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The rash eventually blisters and can sometimes lead to a painful condition known as post-herpetic neuralgia.
Adults over 60 should get shingles vaccine, CDC recommends 2011
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There's also a correlation between age and the incidence of a complication of shingles known as post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN.
Skin Talk 2009
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During one of those “routine” contact lens exams, I discovered my contact lens wearing patient had a herpetic infection in his cornea a cold-sore.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Licensing is Anti-Consumer 2008
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Contact lenses increase the risk to his eye exponentially by increasing the physiological stresses to the cornea that enable herpetic virus activation.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Licensing is Anti-Consumer 2008
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Can't tell you what it is, but sounds more like a viral infection called primary herpetic gingivostomatitis.
Aphthous Ulcers (Canker Sores) Dr. Dean Brandon 2008
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For caving -- not compromising, but totally capitulating -- on war funding and and telecom immunity, Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer and the blue dogs they lie down with have been rewarded with the same herpetic embrace that is turning John McCain into a Republican cootie incubator.
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