herpes

Meaning of herpes

noun

A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Information about herpes

Hyphenation of herpes

her-pes

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • herpes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of herpes

Hesper, hesper, pheers, sphere

Words that rhyme with herpes

Sharpes, antiherpes, melanerpes, stirpes, Cleethorpes, octothorpes, thorpes

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