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herpes
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[ˈhəːpiːz], (Noun)
Definitions:
- any of a group of virus diseases caused by herpesviruses, affecting the skin (often with blisters) or the nervous system
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Origin
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late Middle English (originally used also of other skin conditions): via Latin from Greek herpēs ‘shingles’, literally ‘creeping’, from herpein ‘to creep’
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