cold sore
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- noun
- /koʊld sɔr/
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herpes labial
- I have a cold sore on my lip that hurts whenever I smile.
- cold sore and blisters
- cold sore or herpes
- cold sore virus
It connects patients with physicians to address their cold sore and herpes needs.
- It connects patients with physicians to address their cold sore and herpes needs.
- But at the time I had a quite a large cold sore on my lip.
- Right, OK, I've got a cold sore.
- Sewer, are you saying sore like a cold sore or like a it's a it's a kid banging each other it joke.
- It's when I when I was saying the doctor, the doctor said it's our cold sore nice one.
Examples
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Fortunately my cold sores have healed and are gone for now.
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I've had this cold sore longer than that.
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I was just getting over a cold sore.
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Yes, I do, and she already has a cold sore.
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I got a cold sore tonight.
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I had this cold sore.
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Has the cold sore gone?
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I have never had a cold sore.
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My girlfriend has had a cold sore and typically has one or two a year.
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My cold sores are almost gone.
Synonyms
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A painful spot on the skin that is open or infected
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A small painful sore on the lip or face caused by the herpes virus
A viral infection that causes painful blisters on the lips or around the mouth
A contagious infection that causes painful cold sores on or around the lips
An infection that causes small painful blisters on the skin or in the mouth
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'sore' clearly indicates a painful lesion and 'cold' suggests an illness or viral association, so a learner who knows both words could infer a lesion related to an illness. However, the conventional meaning (a specific herpes simplex blister, typically on the lip) and the historical/idiomatic use of 'cold' are not fully predictable from the parts alone, making the relation only partly transparent.
Etymology
Cold sore gets its name from the simple image of a small sore that often appears when someone has a cold or a fever. That's why the term means a painful little blister on or around the lips and is also called a 'fever blister'.