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herpes zoster
noun(herpes zoster)
shingles
herpes zoster
noun, plural in form but singular in construction(herpes zoster)
an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox —called also herpes zoster, zoster

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