zoster

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
zoster
    n 1: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe
         neuralgia [syn: {herpes zoster}, {zoster}, {shingles}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Zoster \Zos"ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? girdle, zoster. See {Zone}.]
   (Med.)
   Shingles.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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