zoster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.

/ˈzɑstɚ/ /ˈzɒstə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-zoster.wav

zoster zosters

From Latin zōstēr, from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).

chicken pox

herpes zoster varicella zoster virus zoster sine herpete

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