Definition of Fever blister

1. Noun. Caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1).

Exact synonyms: Cold Sore, Herpes Labialis, Oral Herpes
Generic synonyms: Herpes Simplex

Medical Definition of Fever blister

1. Another term used to describe a Herpes simplex lesion (cold sore). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fever Blister

feuilletonisms
feuilletonist
feuilletonists
feuilletons
feuing
feus
feuter
feuterer
feuterers
feutre
feutred
feutres
feutring
fever
fever and ague
fever blister (current term)
fever blisters
fever of unknown origin
fever pitch
fever therapy
fever tree
fevered
feveret
fevereth
feverets
feverfew
feverfews
fevering
feverish
feverish urine

Literary usage of Fever blister

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1918)
"... put his around me and patted me on the shoulder, and I had a fever blister on my mouth and he said: "How did you happen to get that fever blister? ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"This lesion was a malignant wart of eight weeks' duration having originated in a fever blister. At that operation the glands of the neck were ..."

3. Health at home, ; or, Hall's family doctor by William Whitty Hall (1876)
"fever blister. This ailment is a form of skin disease, of which there are ... of skin disease between a hive or fever blister up to measles and small pox. ..."

4. Report on the Etiology and Prevention of Yellow Fever by George Miller Sternberg (1890)
"I am aware that the results of three samples of yellow fever blister serum and seven samples of blister serum from acclimated subjects have given a negative ..."

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