"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 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)

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