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1. ((used with a sing. or pl. v.)) shingles
a disease caused by the herpes zoster virus, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < ML cingulum (L: girdle; cf. cincture ))
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1. (noun) herpes zoster, zoster, shingles
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
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1. (noun) shingles
a kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain
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Sense: a kind of infectious disease causing a rash of painful blisters.
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 Afrikaans: aansteeklike siekte wat s |
 Arabic: داء الحَصْبَه ،الحَصْباء، |
 Bulgarian: мед. херпес |
 Brazilian: cobreiro |
 Czech: opar |
 German: die Gürtelrose |
 Danish: helvedesild |
 Greek: έρπης |
 Spanish: herpes |
 Estonian: vöötohatis |
 Farsi: زونا |
 Finnish: ruusu |
 French: zona |
 Hebrew: שָלבֶקֶת חוֹגֶרֶת |
 Hindi: दाद |
 Croatian: pojasasti osip, zoster |
 Hungarian: övsömör |
 Indonesian: gatal-gatal |
 Icelandic: ristill |
 Italian: herpes zoster, (fuoco di |
 Japanese: 帯状疱疹 |
 Korean: 대상 포진 |
 Lithuanian: dedervinė |
 Latvian: jostas roze |
 Malay: penyakit kayap |
 Dutch: gordelroos |
 Norwegian: helvetesild |
 Polish: półpasiec |
 Persian: زونا |
 Pashto: زونا |
 Portuguese: zona |
 Romanian: zona zoster |
 Russian: опоясывающий лишай |
 Slovak: opar |
 Slovenian: pasasti izpuščaj |
 Serbian: vrsta osipa |
 Swedish: bältros |
 Thai: โรคงูสวัด |
 Turkish: zona |
 Taiwanese: 帶狀疱疹 |
 Ukrainian: оперізувальний, поясувати |
 Urdu: نملئہ منطقی، خسرہ کے قسم |
 Vietnamese: bệnh zona |
 Chinese: 带状疱疹 |
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