late 14c., "inflammatory, spreading skin condition" (used of shingles, gangrene, etc.), from Latin herpes "a spreading skin eruption," from Greek herpes, the name for the disease shingles, literally "creeping," from herpein "to creep" (cognate with Latin serpere "to creep;" see serpent). The condition was not distinguished into specific diseases until early 19c.
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1. These include giant cells associated with variola, herpes simplex and parainfluenza.
これらには、天然痘、ヘルペスおよび副インフルエンザに関連する巨細胞が含まれている。
2.Interferon may be effective in treating some herpes virus infections of the eye.
インターフェロンはいくつかの眼ヘルペスウイルス感染の治療に有効である可能性がある。
3.After two days,there appeared herpes zoster on my back.
2日後、背中に帯状疱疹ができた。
4. Herpes simplex keratititis is common in department of ophthalmology.
単純疱疹性角膜炎は眼科によく見られる病気で、多く発症する。
5. Herpes infections have bedeviled animals for more than 100 million years.