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Definition 2024

herpes_zoster

herpes zoster

See also: herpes-zóster, herpes zóster, and herpes zòster

English

Noun

herpes zoster

(pathology) An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus}, that causes chicken pox.

Synonyms

shingles

Translations

acute viral inflammation

Arabic: الهربس العصبيّ m
Catalan: herpes zòster, zòster
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帶狀皰疹 (zh), 带状疱疹 (zh) ‎(dàizhuàng pàozhěn)
Czech: pásový opar m
Danish: helvedesild
Dutch: gordelroos (nl)
Esperanto: zostero
Estonian: vöötohatis
Finnish: vyöruusu (fi)
French: zona (fr) m
German: Herpes Zoster (de), Gürtelrose (de) f
Hebrew: שלבקת חוגרת
Italian: herpes zoster, fuoco di Sant'Antonio m

Japanese: 帯状疱疹 ‎(たいじょうほうしん, taijōhōshin)
Korean: 대상포진 ‎(daesangpojin)
Luxembourgish: Gürtelrous
Norwegian: helvetesild
Polish: półpasiec (pl) m
Portuguese: herpes-zóster (pt) m
Romanian: zona zoster
Russian: опоя́сывающий лиша́й m ‎(opojásyvajuščij lišáj)
Sicilian: focu di Sant'Antoniu m
Slovene: pasovec m
Spanish: herpes zóster (es) m, culebrilla f, culebrina (es) f
Swedish: bältros (sv), helveteseld
Thai: โรคงูสวัด ‎(rôhk ngôot-wát)
Turkish: zona (tr)