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zoster
noun(zos-ter)
shingles
zoster
noun, plural in form but singular in construction(zos-ter)
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
zoster
noun(zos-ter)
shingles

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