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As in herpetology, herpes, etc., the prefix derives from the Greek, herpein, to creep, as herpeton, a reptile. Herpes was a general term for creeping skin disorders of all kinds, especially shingles, from the 15th C. to the 19th when the blanket term herpes was broken down to several disoders.

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