"cold sore" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoʊld ˌsɔɹ/ [General-American] Forms: cold sores [plural]
Etymology: Compound of cold + sore, probably for the tendency of the vesicles to recur along with other illness, or possibly during cold weather, though this explanation is less common. Compare synonym fever blister. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cold|sore}} cold + sore, {{m|en|fever blister}} fever blister Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold sore (plural cold sores)
  1. (pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2). Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: fever blister [colloquial], herpes, herpes simplex, herpes simplex 1 Synonyms (scientifically): herpes labialis Translations (small bump on the lips): pansa [feminine] (Catalan), 唇皰疹 (Chinese Mandarin), 唇疱疹 (chúnpàozhěn) (Chinese Mandarin), forkølelsessår [neuter] (Danish), koortslip (Dutch), yskänrokko (Finnish), bouton de fièvre [masculine] (French), feu sauvage (French), herpes [masculine] (Galician), cuxillo [masculine] (Galician), Lippenherpes [masculine] (German), Fieberbläschen [neuter] (German), forkølelsessår (Greenlandic), herpesz (Hungarian), ajakherpesz (Hungarian), szájherpesz (Hungarian), ᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎ (ammaqti) (Inuktitut), agyap (Kapampangan), agiap (Kapampangan), feu sauvage [masculine] (Norman), abces rece [neuter] (Romanian), просто́й ге́рпес (prostój gérpes) [masculine] (Russian), ге́рпес губ (gérpes gub) [masculine] (Russian), munsår [neuter] (Swedish), uçuk (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "small bump on the lips",
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      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "唇皰疹"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
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      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "feu sauvage"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "herpes"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lippenherpes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fieberbläschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "forkølelsessår"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "herpesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "ajakherpesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "szájherpesz"
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      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "ammaqti",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "ᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎ"
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      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "agyap"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "agiap"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "feu sauvage"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abces rece"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gérpes gub",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ге́рпес губ"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "munsår"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "small bump on the lips",
      "word": "uçuk"
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