herpetism

== English == === Etymology === From herpes +‎ -ism. For diatheses named by suffixing -ism, cf. cancerism. === Noun === herpetism (countable and uncountable, plural herpetisms) (medicine, obsolete) herpetic diathesis, or a tendency to be afflicted with herpes === References === “herpetism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === hemipters, temperish