zoster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of zoster
1595–1605; < Latin zōstēr < Greek zōstḗr girdle
Example Sentences
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Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a painful rash with blisters that develops when the virus that causes chickenpox, varicella zoster, becomes active again later in life.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, resulting in a painful rash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025
It is caused by a reactivation of the Herpes zoster virus - the virus that causes chicken pox.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
Two months later, he was dead of a viral infection, varicella zoster virus encephalitis, which is among the conditions associated with AIDS, according to his family’s attorney, Ty Clarke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2024
A less common but very remarkable variety of intercostal neuralgia than that just mentioned, is the kind of pain which attends a good many cases of herpes zoster, or shingles.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.
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