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6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane
noun any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin
originFrom Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).
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