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Shingles

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Noun

1. herpes zoster, shingles, zoster

eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shingles

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noun
(functioning as singular)
an acute viral disease affecting the ganglia of certain nerves, characterized by inflammation, pain, and skin eruptions along the course of the affected nerve
. Technical names: herpes zoster, zoster

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Shingles

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noun
Nontechnical
herpes zoster

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Shingles

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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
An acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path. It usually strikes only one side of the body and is often accompanied by severe neuralgia. Also called herpes zoster.

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