different between chlamydia vs herpes

English

Etymology

New Latin from Ancient Greek ????????? (khlamúdion, “small cloak”), from ?????? (khlamús, “cloak”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kl??m?d.i.?/

Noun

chlamydia (countable and uncountable, plural chlamydias or chlamydiae)

1. (uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.
2. (countable) Any of various coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia that are pathogenic to humans and other animals.

Derived terms

• chlamydaemia
• chlamydiacidal
• chlamydial
• chlamydiosis

Translations

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin herpes, from Ancient Greek ????? (hérp?s, “herpes; literally, a creeping”), from ?????? (hérpein, “to creep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??(?).piz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

• herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

Related terms

• herpes zoster

Translations

Further reading

• herpes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• herpes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• herpes at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

Catalan

Noun

herpes m (plural herpes)

1. herpes

Derived terms

• herpes zòster

Further reading

• “herpes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “herpes” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “herpes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “herpes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???rp?s]

Noun

herpes m inan

1. herpes

   Synonym: opar

Further reading

• herpes in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• herpes in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

herpes

1. herpes

Finnish

Noun

herpes

1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

Declension

Derived terms

• huuliherpes
• sukuelinherpes

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

Noun

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (hérp?s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?her.pe?s/, [?h?rpe?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?er.pes/, [??rp?s]

Noun

herp?s m (genitive herp?tis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• herpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

herpes m or f (in variation) (plural herpes)

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

Romanian

Etymology

From French herpès, from Latin herpes.

Noun

herpes n (plural herpesuri)

1. herpes

Declension

Spanish

Noun

herpes m or f (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore