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.
雙語例句
1. These include giant cells associated with variola, herpes simplex and parainfluenza.
這些包括有關天花 、 皰疹以及副流感的巨細胞.
來自辭典例句
2. Interferon may be effective in treating some herpes virus infections of the eye.
干擾素對治療某些眼部皰疹病毒感染可能有效.
來自辭典例句
3. After two days, there appeared herpes zoster on my back.
兩天后, 我的背部出現了帶狀皰疹.
來自互聯網
4. Herpes simplex keratitis is common in department of ophthalmology.
單純皰疹性角膜炎是眼科常見病,多發病.
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5. Herpes infections have bedeviled animals for more than 100 million years.