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Definition of shingles noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shingles

noun
 
/ˈʃɪŋɡlz/
 
/ˈʃɪŋɡlz/
[uncountable]
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  1. a disease that affects the nerves and produces a band of painful spots on the skin
    Word Originlate Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle’, from cingere ‘gird’.
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