Zoster

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  • noun. A belt or girdle worn by men in ancient Greece.
  • noun. Herpes zoster.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In ancient Greek costume, a belt or girdle; originally, a warriors' belt round the loins, afterward any girdle or zone, but chiefly one of a kind worn by men.
  • noun. Same as herpes zoster (which see, under herpes).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Shingles.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
  • noun. The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
    • Word Usage
    "Shingles is sometimes called herpes "zoster", a Greek word meaning "girdle" or "belt", which describes the appearance of the rash."
    cross-reference
    chicken pox  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herpes  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Foster  Gloster  foster  gloster  roster  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    girdle  shingles  
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