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GENITAL HERPES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genital herpes mean? 

GENITAL HERPES (noun)
  The noun GENITAL HERPES has 1 sense:

1. an infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area

  Familiarity information: GENITAL HERPES used as a noun is very rare.


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GENITAL HERPES (noun)


Sense 1genital herpes [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

An infection caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) that is usually transmitted by sexual contact; marked by recurrent attacks of painful eruptions on the skin and mucous membranes of the genital area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

genital herpes; herpes genitalis

Hypernyms ("genital herpes" is a kind of...):

herpes simplex (an infection caused by the herpes simples virus; affects the skin and nervous system; produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes)

Cupid's disease; Cupid's itch; dose; sexually transmitted disease; social disease; VD; venereal disease; venereal infection; Venus's curse (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)


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