Definitions for herpetic

herpetic her·pet·ic

Spelling: [her-pet-ik]
IPA: /hərˈpɛt ɪk/

Herpetic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 265 anagrams from letters in herpetic (ceehiprt).

Definitions for herpetic

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or caused by herpes.

Origin of herpetic

1775-85; Greek herpēt-, stem of hérpēs (see herpes) + -ic

Examples for herpetic

herpetic eruptions about the mouth or nostrils were observed in 20 out of 181 of our cases in which this point is noted.

The heart had been attacked for some time past; a herpetic affection threatened to complicate the state of affairs.

Winking habits follow an herpetic involvement of the superior branch of the fifth nerve.

Erythematous, erythemato-papular; exceptionally, herpetic, and pigmentary.

On the left chest an herpetic eruption of the size of a dollar, and on the mamma a hard tumor of the size of a fist.

Feron also calls Bretonneau's mild form of the disease a herpetic angina with pseudo-membrane; so does Gubler.

herpetic tonsillitis, often a deuteropathic variety, seems sometimes of nervous origin exclusively.

Another application for herpetic eruptions is the juice of the leaves mixed with an equal quantity of lemon juice.

Several crops of herpetic vesicles also developed over the distribution of the radial nerve in the hand.

Word Value for herpetic
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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