herpesn.
/ˈhəːpiːz/, U.S. /ˈhərpiz/ 1.
a. A disease of the skin (or sometimes of a mucous membrane) characterized by the appearance of patches of distinct vesicles. (Applied widely to a number of cutaneous affections.) Now recognized as a group of virus diseases, the chief of which are herpes ˈsimplex n. ordinary or ‘simple’ herpes (as contrasted with herpes zoster n.), distinguished as herpes facialis, herpes genitalis, herpes labialis, etc., according to the part of the body affected, and caused by Herpesvirus hominis. herpes ˈzoster n. shingles, caused by H. varicellæ.
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herpes1398
dartre1813
herpes labialis1813
herpetism1856
genital herpes1877
herpes genitalis1907
herpes simplex1907
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > herpes > shingles
shinglesa1398
zona1706
zoster1706
barngun1746
herpes zoster1807
zona ignea1818
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lxi. 277 This euyll is callyd Herpes.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. lxiii. 278 Suche a scabbe highte Herpes Cingula.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 111 The herbe fyue leue..stayeth and holdeth back crepinge sores called Herpetas.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 391 Any sore that runneth on still and corrode as it goeth. [margin] Which also is called Herpes: as the shingles, wilde fire, and wolfe.
1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. v. 14 Hirpes or wild fire had invaded his whole legge.
1771 Mackenzie in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 17 A gentleman's son..with a herpes round the neck, which had proved extremely obstinate.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. II Herpes zoster.
1813 T. Bateman Pract. Synopsis Cutaneous Dis. vi. 232 The Herpes labialis..occurs most frequently in the course of diseases of the viscera.
1842 T. H. Burgess tr. P. L. A. Cazenave & H. E. Schedel Man. Dis. Skin 81 The formation of vesicles in groups upon an inflamed base, is always sufficient to distinguish herpes from other vesicular affections.
1886 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. II. 670 His [sc. Willan's] species of herpes included (1) Herpes zoster or zona... (2) Herpes circinatus, which..is now classed with Tineæ.
1907 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Mar. 746/2 (heading) The nature of herpes simplex.
1907 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Mar. 750/1 Herpes zoster and herpes simplex—both facial and genital varieties—while not clinically identical, are closely related.
1907 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 2 Mar. 749/2 Another form of simple herpes..is herpes genitalis.
1946 G. C. Andrews Dis. Skin (ed. 3) xx. 537 Certain types of herpes zoster have received descriptive terms, the more important of which is herpes zoster frontalis, which is an involvement of the area supplied by the upper branches of the trigeminal nerve.
1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 105/1 I have often been impressed by the frequent association of herpes zoster with stress and anxiety, especially in the elderly.
1967 A. C. Allen Skin (ed. 2) viii. 335/2 Herpes simplex (fever blisters, cold sores, herpes facialis, herpes labialis) is..a mild, although recurrent, eruption.
b. herpes virus n. (also as one word), any of a group of related viruses that includes those causing shingles and chicken-pox, esp. Herpesvirus hominis, the cause of herpes simplex.
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latent virus1750
influenza virus1880
poxvirus1891
filter-passer1906
mosaic virus1914
bacteriophage1921
herpes virus1925
Rous sarcoma virus1925
Rous virus1925
papillomavirus1935
poliovirus1939
Semliki Forest virus1944
actinophage1947
mycophage1947
mengovirus1949
tumour virus1950
Zika1952
mycobacteriophage1953
Sindbis virus1953
myxovirus1954
echovirus1955
RNA virus1955
adenovirus1956
SV1956
arborvirus1957
enterovirus1957
foamy virus1957
respiratory syncytial virus1957
polyoma1958
parainfluenza1959
reovirus1959
arbovirus1960
cytomegalovirus1960
TMV1960
vacuolating agent or virus1960
Coxsackie virus1961
rhinovirus1961
RSV1961
papovavirus1962
paramyxovirus1962
picornavirus1962
mycophage1963
parvovirus1965
rhabdovirus1966
Ross River virus1966
coronavirus1968
EBV1968
Epstein–Barr virus1968
leukovirus1968
CMV1969
arenovirus1970
oncornavirus1970
togavirus1970
alphavirus1971
calicivirus1971
Dane particle1971
flavivirus1971
flavovirus1971
maedi1971
orbivirus1971
mycovirus1972
visna-maedi virus1972
flu virus1973
maedi-visna virus1973
corona1974
orthopoxvirus1974
rotavirus1974
whitepox1974
retravirus1975
Ebola virus1976
morbillivirus1976
retrovirus1976
Ebola1977
lentivirus1979
reassortant1979
HTLV1980
morbilli1981
filovirus1982
LAV1983
CV1985
HIV1986
HIV virus1987
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1925 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 1 337 (heading) Studies on filterable viruses... Cultivation of herpes virus.
1925 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 1 337 We have used herpes virus and a note on the cultivation of this virus is given below.
1955 Sci. Amer. May 33/1 The benign but recurrent lesions known as fever blisters or cold sores, caused by the herpes virus.
1968 A. J. Rook et al. Textbk. Dermatol. I. xxiv. 763/2 The particles of herpesvirus are first found in the nucleus and later appear in the cytoplasm from which the virus is gradually released with destruction of the cell.
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