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zoster Definition

zos·ter (zästər)

noun

herpes zoster

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

zoster Usage Examples

Converse of object

cause: After the primary infection, it persists dormant in sensory nerve ganglia: it can be reactivated many decades later to cause zoster.

Adjective modifier

  • acute: There is no consensus on how acute herpes zoster ( shingles ) should be managed in general practice.
  • ophthalmic: Someone with exposed lesions ( e.g. ophthalmic zoster ).

Modifies a noun

  • ophthalmicus: A mother infected with herpes zoster ophthalmicus carries a child ( Figure 6 ).
  • virus: Click here for answer This is shingles caused by the herpes zoster virus which also causes chicken pox.
  • infection: There he again became ill with fever, falling blood counts, skin rash and herpes zoster infection.
  • immunoglobulin: Passive immunization should be carried out using Varicella zoster immunoglobulin ( VZIG ) in non-immune patients if exposed to chickenpox or shingles.
  • eruption: Incidence The incidence of PHN is between 9 and 14 % one month after the herpes zoster eruption.
  • vaccine: Prevention Chickenpox is now a vaccine preventable disease with the advent of a live attenuated varicella zoster virus vaccine.

Noun used with modifier

  • varicella: In rare cases, an unborn child exposed to varicella zoster can be damaged or may be miscarried.
  • herpes: Patients taking systemic steroids, who have not had chicken pox, should avoid close personal contact with chicken pox or herpes zoster.
  • virus: Shingles A painful skin rash due to the virus herpes zoster.

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