Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A belt or girdle worn by men in ancient Greece.
- noun Herpes zoster.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Greek costume, a belt or girdle; originally, a warriors' belt round the loins, afterward any girdle or zone, but chiefly one of a kind worn by men.
- noun Same as
herpes zoster (which see, underherpes ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Shingles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable An ancient Greek
waist -belt for men. - noun uncountable, pathology The disease called
herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash);shingles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Shingles is sometimes called herpes "zoster", a Greek word meaning "girdle" or "belt", which describes the appearance of the rash.
unknown title 2009
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The doctors told her that it was herpes zoster, which is caused by the same virus as chicken pox.
No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007
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The first one is for varicella zoster, which is shingles.
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Nearly one out of three people in the USA will develop shingles, a painful and potentially serious condition also known as herpes zoster, the CDC says.
Adults over 60 should get shingles vaccine, CDC recommends 2011
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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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Isada NB, Parr DP, Johnson MP, Straus SE, Holzgreve W, Qureshi F, Evans MI: In utero diagnosis of congenital varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Prenatal Diagnosis 2010
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Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and characterized by a painful blistery rash that erupts along the nerves.
Getting Closer to the Root of What Causes Baldness Ann Lukits 2011
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Shingles is caused by the Varicella zoster virus, or VZV, the same virus that causes chicken pox, and it only strikes people who have had chicken pox in the past.
Painful Shingles Can Strike More Than Once Melinda Beck 2011
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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Shingles: Can Adults Protect Themselves From a Pox They Hoped to Leave to Childhood? M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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