English Explanatory Dictionary

herpes zoster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains, caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primoinfection.

Word forms

herpes zoster

Synonyms

shingles
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