shingles
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noun
- Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
noun
- plural of shingle
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Etymology
From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
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