cold sore

2 definitions found

cold sore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cold \Cold\, n.
     1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.
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     2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness
        or chillness.
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              When she saw her lord prepared to part,
              A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. --Dryden.
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     3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by
        exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
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     Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the
        mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any
        disease attended with fever.
  
     To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him.
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cold sore - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cold sore
      n 1: caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) [syn: oral herpes
           , herpes labialis, cold sore, fever blister]