Search Result for "cold_sore":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1);
[syn: oral herpes, herpes labialis, cold sore, fever blister]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cold \Cold\, n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth. [1913 Webster] 2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. [1913 Webster] When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. [1913 Webster] Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever. To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cold sore n 1: caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) [syn: oral herpes, herpes labialis, cold sore, fever blister]