herpes zoster

herpes zoster

a form of herpes that infects sensory nerves, causing pain and an eruption of blisters along the course of the affected nerve; shingles

Origin of herpes zoster

Classical Latin from herpes + zoster, shingles from Classical Greek z?st?r, a girdle, akin to z?n?: see zone

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herpes zoster

noun

See shingles.

Origin of herpes zoster

New Latin herpēs zōstēr Latin herpēs herpes Greek zōstēr girdle

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Noun

(pathology) An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and caused by reactivation of the poxvirus causing chicken pox.

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herpes zoster - Medical Definition

See shingles

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