herpes simplex virus

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Noun

herpes simplex virus (countable and uncountable, plural herpes simplex viruses)

  1. (medicine, virology) One of two members of the human Herpesviridae family, a set of viruses that produces viral infections in the majority of humans.
    Synonym: HSV (initialism)