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zoster
[ zos-ter ]
zoster
/ ˈzɒstə /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zoster1
1595–1605; < Latin zōstēr < Greek zōstḗr girdle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of zoster1
C18: from Latin: shingles, from Greek zōster girdle
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Example Sentences
The virus that causes chicken pox, varicella-zoster virus, or VZV for those in the know, is a tricky customer.
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Shingles, shing′glz, n. popular name for the disease Herpes zoster.
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I was handed along all the way from alopecia, which used to be called baldness, to zoster, which used to be known as shingles.
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It is only of recent years that any essential connection between zoster and neuralgia has been suspected.
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In some of these instances the pocks appear in clusters of successive formation, looking not unlike patches of zoster.
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It is a thick ribbed zoster that protects the hip joints of the king.
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