shin·gles (sh ng g lz)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 z  st r, 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.] |
shingles [ˈʃɪŋgəlz]
n
(Medicine / 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 zoster
[from Medieval Latin cingulum girdle, rendering Greek zōnē zone]
| shingles (shngglz) See under herpes. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  shingles - eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgiaherpes - viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane |
Translations
shingles
n sing (Med) → Gürtelrose f
n sg shingles [ˈʃiŋglz]
a kind of infectious disease causing a rash of painful blisters. aansteeklike siekte wat swere veroorsaak داء الحَصْبَه ،الحَصْباء، القوباء мед. херпес opar helvedesild die Gürtelrose έρπης herpes vöötohatis زونا vyöruusu zona שָלבֶקֶת חוֹגֶרֶת दाद pojasasti osip, zoster övsömör gatal-gatal ristill herpes zoster, (fuoco di Sant'Antonio) 帯状疱疹 대상 포진 dedervinė jostas roze penyakit kayap gordelroos helvetesild półpasiec zona zona zoster опоясывающий лишай opar pasasti izpuščaj vrsta osipa bältros โรคงูสวัด zona 帶狀疱疹 оперізувальний, поясуватий лишай نملئہ منطقی، خسرہ کے قسم کے دانے bệnh zona 带状疱疹
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