Herpes

  • 11herpes — late 14c., inflammatory, spreading skin condition (used of shingles, gangrene, etc.), from L. herpes a spreading skin eruption, from Gk. herpes, the name for the disease shingles, lit. creeping, from herpein to creep (cognate with L. serpere to… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 12herpes — s. m. 2 núm. 1.  [Medicina] Doença cutânea que se manifesta através da formação de pequenas vesículas em grupo (ex.: o herpes genital é sexualmente transmissível). 2.  [Figurado] Mal contagioso. = ESTRAGO, PODRIDÃO   ‣ Etimologia: grego herpes,… …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 13herpes — /lat. ˈɛrpes/ [dal gr. hérpēs, dal v. hérpein «strisciare», perché malattia che striscia e si diffonde sulla pelle] s. m. inv. (med.) erpete □ (sulle labbra) febbre (fam., est.) FRASEOLOGIA herpes zoster, fuoco di Sant Antonio …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 14Herpes — Her pes, n. [L., fr. Gr. e rphs, fr. e rpein to creep.] (Med.) 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15Herpes — (v. gr., Med.), so v.w. Flechte; daher Herpetisch, auf Flechten sich beziehend, wie Herpetische Schärfe, Flechten. Herpetogrăphie, die Beschreibung der Flechten …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 16Herpes — (griech.), soviel wie Flechte (Hautkrankheit); H. circinatus, s. Erythem …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 17Herpes — (grch.), Flechte, Blasen , Bläschenflechte, akute Hautkrankheit, charakterisiert durch die Bildung kleiner, in Gruppen stehender Bläschen mit serösem oder eitrigem Inhalt. Formen: die Gürtelflechte oder Gürtelrose (H. zoster), meist am Rumpf, mit …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 18Herpes — Herpes, s. Flechte …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 19hèrpes — m pat. virusno oboljenje, ob. u obliku mjehurića na mjestu gdje sluznica prelazi u kožu; jaglina, kosopasica, perutac, pljuskavica ✧ {{001f}}grč …

    Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

  • 20herpes — ► NOUN ▪ a disease caused by a virus, affecting the skin (often with blisters) or the nervous system. DERIVATIVES herpetic adjective. ORIGIN Greek herp s shingles, creeping , from herpein to creep …

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