cold sore

Etymology
Compound of, 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.

Noun

 * 1)  A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).

Synonyms

 * , herpes
 * herpes labialis, herpes simplex, herpes simplex 1

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 唇皰疹
 * Danish: forkølelsessår
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: herpes, cuxillo
 * German: Lippenherpes,
 * Greenlandic: forkølelsessår
 * Hungarian:, ajakherpesz, szájherpesz
 * Inuktitut: ᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎ
 * Kapampangan: agyap, agiap
 * Norman: feu sauvage
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: просто́й ге́рпес, ге́рпес губ
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: