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cold sore

a sore, caused by a viral infection, consisting of little blisters that form in or around the mouth during a cold or fever; herpes simplex

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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