Shingles
21shingles — shin|gles [ ʃıŋglz ] noun uncount a disease in which red sore spots cover a particular part of your body …
22shingles — plural noun [treated as sing.] an acute painful inflammation of nerve endings, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the body, caused by the varicella zoster virus. Origin ME: representing med. L. cingulus, var. of L. cingulum girdle …
23shingles — noun (U) a disease caused by an infection of the nerve endings, which produces painful red spots …
24shingles — shin·gles …
25shingles — n. herpes zoster (see herpes) …
26shingles — UK [ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)lz] / US noun [uncountable] an infectious disease that affects mainly adults, in which red sore spots cover a particular part of the body …
27shingles — shin•gles [[t]ˈʃɪŋ gəlz[/t]] n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) pat a disease caused by the herpes zoster virus, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves • Etymology: 1350–1400; < ML cingulum (L:… …
28shingles — /ˈʃɪŋgəlz / (say shingguhlz) noun (construed as singular or plural) a viral skin disease characterised by vesicles (small blisters) which sometimes form a girdle about the body; herpes zoster. {Middle English schingles, from Medieval Latin… …
29shingles — Also called Herpes zoster. It is caused by the chickenpox virus, and usually occurs in middle age, beginning as inflammation, sharp pain and finally vesicles, erupting at the edges of posterior ganglia of the trunk or face. Usually lasting two …
30shingles — n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) an acute painful viral inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. Etymology: ME f. med.L cingulus f. L cingulum girdle f. cingere gird …
