Meanings
adjectiveherpetic (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicineOf or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease.
a herpetic sore throat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with herpetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
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APA
herpetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herpetic
MLA
“herpetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herpetic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “herpetic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/herpetic.
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