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Webster 1913 Edition

Shingles

Shin′gles

,

Noun.

[OF.

cengle

a girth, F.

sangle

, fr. L.

cingulum

a girdle, fr.

cingere

to gird. Cf.

,

,

.]

(Med.)

A kind of herpes (

Herpes zoster

) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

Definition 2024

shingles

shingles

English

Noun

shingles ‎(plural shingles)

(pathology, informal) herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

Synonyms

herpes zoster

See also

chicken pox

Translations

herpes zoster

Arabic: اَلْهِرْبِس اَلْعَصَبِيّ m ‎(al-hirbis al-ʿaṣabiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帶狀皰疹 (zh), 带状疱疹 (zh) ‎(dàizhuàng pàozhěn)
Czech: pásový opar m
Danish: helvedesild c
Dutch: gordelroos (nl) f
Esperanto: zostero
Finnish: vyöruusu (fi)
French: zona (fr) m
German: Gürtelrose (de) f
Hebrew: שלבקת חוגרת pl
Italian: fuoco di Sant'Antonio m
Japanese: 帯状疱疹 ‎(たいじょうほうしん, taijō hōshin)
Norman: cheintuthe au dgiâbl'ye f
Korean: 대상포진 ‎(daesang-pojin) (帶狀疱疹)
Latin: zoster m

Luxembourgish: Gürtelrous
Malay: kayap
Navajo: akááʼ niʼníkę́ę́z neezgaiʼígíí
Norwegian: helvetesild
Polish: półpasiec (pl) m
Portuguese: zona (pt) f, herpes-zóster (pt) m, cobrão (pt) m
Romanian: zona zoster
Russian: опоя́сывающий лиша́й m ‎(opojásyvajuščij lišáj)
Sicilian: focu di Sant'Antoniu m
Slovene: pasovec m
Spanish: culebrilla f, herpes zóster (es) m
Swedish: bältros (sv) c
Thai: โรคงูสวัด ‎(rôhk ngôot-wát)
Turkish: zona (tr)
Vietnamese: bệnh zona, giời leo
Walloon: cingues (wa)

Etymology 2

Noun

shingles

plural of shingle