shingles
noun/ˈʃɪŋɡlz/
/ˈʃɪŋɡlz/
[uncountable]- a disease that affects the nerves and produces a band of painful spots on the skinWord Originlate Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle’, from cingere ‘gird’.
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