herpes zoster

her·pes zos·ter

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Definitions of herpes zoster words

noun herpes zoster shingles. 1
noun herpes zoster virus 1
noun 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 0
noun herpes zoster (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 Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that causes chicken pox. 0

before 1800

One of the 42% newest English words

1800-10; < New Latin: literally, belt herpes

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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