Definitions for oral herpes

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o′ral her′pes(n.)

  1. a disease caused by a herpes simplex virus, characterized chiefly by a cluster of small, transient blisters

    Category: Pathology

    Ref: ( cold sore )

Princeton's WordNet

  1. oral herpes, herpes labialis, cold sore, fever blister(noun)

    caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)


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