heroterpin (her-o-ter'pin)

A proprietary preparation of heroin and terpin hydrate in a hydro-alcoholic aromatized liquid^ her 'pes. A general term to signify grouped lesions of the skin, usually vesicular, on an erythematous base. Probably due to a trophic disturbance of terminal nerve filaments, h. facial is. Syn.: cold sores, fever blisters, h. labial is. An affection most common among children consisting of groups of vesicles in the neighborhood of the mouth. After childhood the disease is more frequent in females than in males, li. per is cel is. Eczema of that portion of the leg which is covered by the garter, h. pro genital is. Syn.: h. preputial is, h. genital is. An affection most frequent in male adults, occurring in the form of groups of follicles on a reddened base on the glans penis and prepuce in the male and on the vulva in the female. The appearance of the vesicles may be accompanied by enlargement of the neighboring lymphatic glands. The disease runs a rapid course and the vesicles rupture and dry up in the course of five to eight days. h. simplex. An affection characterized by the spontaneous development of grouped vesicles upon an inflammatory base around a mucocutaneous juncture. The two varieties are: h. facial is and h. pro genital is. [Gr., erpes, herpes, shingles, from erpein, to creep.]