Zoster Definition

Zoster Sentence Examples

• This form of neuralgia is occasionally the precursor of an attack of shingles (Herpes zoster) as well as a result of it.

• Conjunctivitis may be caused by a viral infection, such as a cold; acute respiratory infection; or other disease such as measles, herpes simplex, or herpes zoster.

• Shingles A painful skin rash due to the virus herpes zoster.

• Herpes zoster virus-Acute inflammatory virus that attacks the nerve cells on the root of each spinal nerve with skin eruptions along a sensory nerve ending.

• It has been conclusively proven that another herpes virus-varicella zoster virus (VZV), the cause of both chickenpox and shingles-is the culprit for Ramsey-Hunt syndrome.