Shingles

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. An acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path. It usually strikes only one side of the body and is often accompanied by severe neuralgia. Also called herpes zoster.
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  • n. herpes zoster.
  • n. Plural form of shingle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v.
  • n. A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cutaneous disease, herpes zoster. See herpes.
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  • n. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    herpes   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    herpes zoster   
    Verb Stem
    shingle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gingles    jingles    mingles    singles   
     
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