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Definition of herpes zoster noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

herpes zoster

noun
 
/ˌhɜːpiːz ˈzɒstə(r)/
 
/ˌhɜːrpiːz ˈzɑːstər/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. (also shingles)
     a disease that affects the nerves and produces a band of painful spots on the skin
  2. a virus that causes shingles and chickenpox
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from herpes and Latin zoster, from Greek zōstēr ‘girdle, shingles’.
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