cold sore

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊld ˌsɔɹ/

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).

Synonyms

• (colloquially) fever blister, herpes
• (scientifically) herpes labialis, herpes simplex, herpes simplex 1

Translations

small bump on the lips

• Catalan: pansa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唇皰疹／唇疱疹 (chúnpàozhěn)

• Danish: forkølelsessår n
• Dutch: koortslip (nl)
• Finnish: yskänrokko (fi)
• French: bouton de fièvre (fr) m, feu sauvage (fr)
• Galician: herpes m, cuxillo m
• German: Lippenherpes m, Fieberbläschen (de) n
• Greenlandic: forkølelsessår
• Hungarian: herpesz (hu), ajakherpesz, szájherpesz
• Inuktitut: ᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎ (ammaqti)
• Kapampangan: agyap, agiap
• Norman: feu sauvage m
• Romanian: abces rece (ro) n
• Russian: просто́й ге́рпес m (prostój gérpes), ге́рпес губ m (gérpes gub)
• Swedish: munsår (sv) n
• Turkish: uçuk (tr)

Anagrams

• coloreds, croodles, decolors, rose cold