shingles

[shing-guhlz]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, especially by reactivated virus in an older person, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves.

shingles

/ ˈʃɪŋɡəlz /

noun

1. Technical names: herpes zoster.  zoster. (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

shingles

1. See under herpes

Word History and Origins

Origin of shingles¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Medieval Latin cingulum, in Latin: “girdle,” from cingere “to gird, cinch” ( cincture ); translation of Greek zṓnē “belt” or zōstḗr “girdle”; zone, zoster

Word History and Origins

Origin of shingles¹

C14: from Medieval Latin cingulum girdle, rendering Greek zōnē _zone

Example Sentences

There’s even data showing that getting a shingles vaccine can lower the risk of vascular dementia.

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In the architectural age of minimalism and millennial gray, a wild and whimsical antidote made of old clinker bricks and jumbled shingles sits on a quiet street at the edge of L.A. and Culver City.

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Another study, based on data from Wales, found that vaccinating people against shingles may lower their risk of getting dementia by 20%.

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The U.K. pharma group’s shingles drug Shingrix outperformed outside the U.S., offsetting weakness there that weighed on investor confidence in the treatment, the analysts said.

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That cost her $3 million in funding for shingles vaccine research.

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