cingulus
21shingles — 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 …
22shingles — /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… …
23shingles — [shiŋ′gəlz] n. [ME schingles, altered < ML cingulus < L cingulum, a belt, girdle < cingere, to gird (see CINCH): used in ML as transl. of Gr zōnē, girdle, shingles] nontechnical name for HERPES ZOSTER …
24shingles — 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 …
25shin|gles — «SHIHNG guhlz», noun singular or plural. a virus disease that causes pain in certain nerves and an outbreak of itching spots or blisters on the skin in the area of the affected nerves. The commonest location is on the chest or lower part of the… …
