herpetism

English

Etymology

From herpes +‎ -ism. For diatheses named by suffixing -ism, cf. cancerism.

Noun

herpetism (countable and uncountable, plural herpetisms)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) herpetic diathesis, or a tendency to be afflicted with herpes

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