cold sore
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- noun
- /koʊld sɔr/
- I have a cold sore on my lip that hurts whenever I smile.
- cold sore and blisters
- cold sore or herpes
- cold sore virus
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- 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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2.2
A painful spot on the skin that is open or infected
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An infection that causes small painful blisters on the skin or in the mouth
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A small painful sore on the lip or face caused by the herpes virus
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A contagious infection that causes painful cold sores on or around the lips
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A viral infection that causes painful blisters on the lips or around 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'.