herpes zoster
noun/ˌhɜːpiːz ˈzɒstə(r)/
/ˌhɜːrpiːz ˈzɑːstər/
[uncountable] (medical)- (also shingles)a disease that affects the nerves and produces a band of painful spots on the skin
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- a virus that causes shingles and chickenpox
Word Originlate Middle English: from herpes and Latin zoster, from Greek zōstēr ‘girdle, shingles’.
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