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postherpetic

postherpetic adjective: following infection with herpes.

Adjective

postherpetic (not comparable)

  1. Following infection with herpes

Origin of postherpetic

From post- + herpetic.

Words formed from postherpetic

  • postherpetic neuralgia

Questions about postherpetic

What does postherpetic mean?
Postherpetic means following infection with herpes.
What part of speech is postherpetic?
Postherpetic is an adjective.

Words near postherpetic in the dictionary

  1. posthephobias
  2. posthercynian
  3. postherniation
  4. postheroic
  5. postherpes
  6. postherpetic
  7. posthetomies
  8. posthetomise
  9. posthetomised
  10. posthetomises
  11. posthetomising

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