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Herpes zoster
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shingles
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shingles , also known as zoster , herpes zoster , or zona , is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters involving a limited area. Typically the rash occurs on either the left or right of the body or face in a single stripe. Two ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inflammatory disease of the skin," late 14c., from Medieval Latin cingulus (loan-translation of Greek zoster "girdle"), variant of Latin cingulum "girdle," from cingere "to gird" (see cinch (n.)). The inflammation often extends around the middle of the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A few shingles were loosened enough by the wind to move and then bond down out of position once it warmed up. ▪ At the last minute, Harriet had developed shingles . ▪ But he was unconcerned about the bite and thought the tingling ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia [syn: herpes zoster , zoster ]
Usage examples of shingles.
It would have been easy to buy precut framing, just as it would to get already-made roof shingles, but the fine details kept me anchored.
The building that Shareef Thomas was in turned out to be two-storied, with faded gray shingles and some broken windows.
Next to it was a green deck representing forest wealth: trees to be sold as masts to shipbuilders in Waterholm, maples to be tapped for syrup, horn-beams for treenails, cedars for shingles, and more.
Shingles can lead to postherpetic neuralgia, a nasty and painful reaction, and when PHN attacks the trigeminal nerve, the resulting agonies can be excruciating, and those suffering from it often commit suicide.
Then the entire house blows outward and upward, shingles flying, hunks of wood lofted into the air and then returning to earth, something that looks like a quilt twisting lazily in the air like a magic carpet as debris rattle to the ground in a thudding, contrapuntal drum roll.
A short time later, the carriage drew up before a long, dogtrot cabin built of gray cypress logs with cypress shingles on the roof and a mud-daub chimney at each end pouring forth gray plumes of smoke.