herpes simplex virus
English
Noun
herpes
simplex
virus
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
herpes simplex viruses
)
(
medicine
,
virology
)
One of two
members
of the
human
Herpesviridae
family
, a
set
of
viruses
that
produces
viral
infections
in the
majority
of
humans
.
Synonym:
HSV
(
initialism
)