oral herpes

noun

Pathology.

1. a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.

Example Sentences

Memories may be supplemented by oral herpes or the Epstein-Barr virus.

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As a result of the assault — which the young men boasted about to peers — she contracted oral herpes.

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One 2014 study found that the virus causing oral herpes has been with the human lineage for 6 million years.

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New genomic analysis has found that oral herpes may have been around since before our split with chimpanzees happened about 6 million years ago.

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The main virus that worries the city is oral herpes, which is present in some 70 percent of the city’s adult population and can cause fatal infections in babies.

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