anti-herpes
adjective[before noun]
(alsoantiherpes)uk/ˌæn.tiˈhɜː.piːz/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈhɝː.piːz//ˌæn.taɪˈhɝː.piːz/designedtotreatherpes(= aninfectiousdiseasethatcausespainfulredspotstoappearon theskin,especiallyon thelipsorsexualorgans), orrelatingto thetreatmentofherpes:
He had been taking an anti-herpesdrug.
Tests werecarriedout todeterminewhichcompoundhad the anti-herpeseffect.
- Attempts totreattheanimalswith ahumananti-herpesdrughadlimitedsuccess.
- The team'ssuccessfuldevelopmentof an anti-herpestreatmentwas abreakthroughinantiviralresearch.
- The use of anoralanti-herpesagentwasrecommended.
- Thenewerantiherpesagentactedininfectedcells, but not inhealthyhumancells.
Diseases of the reproductive system
- candida
- chlamydia
- clitoridis
- cryptorchidism
- cystocele
- dysfunctional uterine bleeding
- French disease
- herpes
- impotent
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
- Mullerian agenesis
- PCOS
- sexually transmitted disease
- syphilis
- the pox
- thrush
- undescended
- vaginal agenesis
- venereological
- venereologist
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