What does hsv-2 mean?

hsv-2 means "a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes".

How many syllables are in hsv-2?

hsv-2 has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hsv-2?

Close synonyms include herpes simplex 2, HS2, HSV-II. 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 hsv-2 a common word?

hsv-2 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.

Hsv-2 — meaning and 3 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes
Synonymsherpes simplex 2 HS2 HSV-II
Broaderherpes simplex

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What does hsv-2 mean?: hsv-2 means "a herpes virus that can cause genital herpes".
How many syllables are in hsv-2?: hsv-2 has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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