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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
herpes /ˈhəːpiːz/

▶noun a disease caused by a herpesvirus, affecting the skin (often with blisters) or the nervous system.

– derivatives
herpetic adjective.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk herpēs ‘shingles’, lit. ‘creeping’, from herpein ‘to creep’.

'herpes' also found in these Oxford entries:

acyclovir - cold sore - herpes simplex - herpesvirus - herpes zoster

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