herpetic

American  

[her-pet-ik] / hərˈpɛt ɪk /

adjective

Pathology.

1. of, relating to, or caused by herpes.

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herpetic British  

/ hɜːˈpɛtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to any of the herpes diseases

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noun

1. a person suffering from any of the herpes diseases

Etymology

Origin of herpetic

1775–85; < Greek herpēt-, stem of hérpēs ( herpes ) + -ic

Example Sentences

He says it is possible the surgeon may have had a herpetic whitlow - a herpes infection on the finger - which could have "directly seeded the herpes into the abdomen of the women".

From BBC

Crawford, who was 15 at the time of the alleged assault, says she developed herpetic lesions on her throat.

From Washington Times

His rash looked more like a herpetic infection or hand, foot and mouth disease, an infection usually caused by the Coxsackie virus and most commonly found in young children and occasionally in adolescents.

From New York Times

The new conditions for adults include spasticity and neuropathic pain associated with fibromyalgia; severe rheumatoid arthritis; post herpetic neuralgia; hydrocephalus with intractable headache; intractable headache syndrome and neuropathic facial pain.

From Washington Times

"The lesion may have been easily misdiagnosed as a herpetic simplex infection by non-specialists for which treatment would have been topical antiviral ointment instead of removal and antibiotics," the report said.

From BBC