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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) same as
shingles ; -- a form ofherpes caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
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- noun pathology An
acute viral inflammation of thesensory ganglia ofspinal andcranial nerves associated with avesicular eruption andneuralgic pains and caused by reactivation of thepoxvirus causingchicken pox .
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- noun a herpes virus that causes shingles
- noun eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin herpēs zōstēr : Latin herpēs, herpes + Greek zōstēr, girdle.]
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