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.[1] Compare synonym fever blister.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cold sore (plural cold sores)

(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)

References

“cold sore, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December, 2012.

Anagrams

coloreds, croodles, decolors, rose cold

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[1] “cold sore, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December, 2012.