shin·gles
(shĭng′gəlz)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
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.
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Old French cengles, pl. of cengle, shingles, and by Old French sengle, single, chingle, belt) of Medieval Latin cingulus (translation of Greek zōstēr, girdle, shingles, from the fact that the inflammation often extends around the middle of the body), variant of Latin cingulum, girdle, from cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]
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shingles
(ˈʃɪŋɡəlz)n
(Pathology) (functioning as singular) an acute viral disease affecting the ganglia of certain nerves, characterized by inflammation, pain, and skin eruptions along the course of the affected nerve. Technical names: herpes zoster or zoster
[C14: from Medieval Latin cingulum girdle, rendering Greek zōnē zone]
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shin•gles
(ˈʃɪŋ gəlz)n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
a disease caused by the herpes zoster virus, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves.
[1350–1400; < Medieval Latin cingulum (Latin: girdle; compare cincture)]
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shingles
A severe and painful form of chicken pox suffered mostly by adults aged over 50. It demands a lengthy convalescence.
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| Noun | 1. |  shingles - eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia |
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Translations
داء الحَصْبَه ،الحَصْباء، القوباء
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helvedesild
vyöruusu
övsömör
ristill
fuoco di s. Antoniofuoco di Sant'Antonio
dedervinė
jostas roze
pasovec
bältros
su çiçeğizona
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shingles
n sing (Med) → Gürtelrose f
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shingles
(ˈʃiŋglz) noun singular a kind of infectious disease causing a rash of painful blisters.
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shin·gles
n. pop. culebrilla, herpes zóster, erupción inflamatoria de la piel con vesículas o ampollas gen. localizadas en el tronco.
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shingles
n herpes zóster, culebrilla (fam), zona m (fam)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.