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Examples of genital herpes in a Sentence
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There is no cure for genital herpes, but medication can treat symptoms.3
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a condition affecting the female reproductive organs, such as the uterus, ovaries, cervix, and fallopian tubes.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 31 Oct. 2024
Or that dolphins can get genital herpes and koalas can get chlamydia.
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Zoobiquity focuses on medical issues like heart disease, cancer, and infertility, as well as psychiatric and behavioral diseases that humans and millions of animal species experience alike.
—Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
The low rate of efficacy with genital herpes and HPV accounts in part for why the diseases are so widespread in the United States.
—Andrea L. Braden, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Last November, Howard was accused of knowingly giving a woman genital herpes.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
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First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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“Genital herpes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genital%20herpes. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
genital herpes
noun
: herpes simplex of the type typically affecting the genitalia
Medical Definition
genital herpes
noun
: herpes simplex of the type affecting the genitals
called also herpes genitalis
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