cold sores

A flare-up of a herpes simplex infection, featuring tense, painful and crusting small blisters (vesicles) at the junction of the skin and mucous membrane of the lips and sometimes the nose.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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