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zoster definition

zos·ter (zäs′tər)

noun

herpes zoster

Etymology: L < Gr, a belt, girdle, akin to zōnē: see zone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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