herpes virus

Questions about herpes virus

What does herpes virus mean?

herpes virus means "any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin".

What is another word for herpes virus?

Close synonyms include herpes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is herpes virus a common word?

herpes virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.