[ˈhəːpiːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of a group of virus diseases caused by herpesviruses, affecting the skin (often with blisters) or the nervous system


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (originally used also of other skin conditions): via Latin from Greek herpēs ‘shingles’, literally ‘creeping’, from herpein ‘to creep’