The Collaborative International Dictionary
Herpes zoster virus
Herpes zoster virus \Her"pes zos`ter vir*us\, n. (Med.) same as varicella-zoster virus.
Herpes zoster virus
Herpesvirus \Her"pes*vir`us\, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae, including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus ( Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus.
WordNet
herpes zoster virus
n. a herpes virus that causes shingles [syn: herpes zoster]