herpes zoster

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

English

Noun

herpes zoster (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains, caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primoinfection.
   • 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 98:

     From the description, Letha felt sure Jane had herpes zoster, or shingles, which often strikes cancer patients or others with depressed immune systems. Jane spent another week in the Bubble, treated with acyclovir.

Synonyms

• shingles

Hypernyms

• herpes

Translations

acute viral inflammation — see shingles

Indonesian

Etymology

From English herpes zoster.

Noun

herpes zoster (first-person possessive herpes zosterku, second-person possessive herpes zostermu, third-person possessive herpes zosternya)

1. (pathology) herpes zoster, shingles.

   Synonyms: cacar api, cacar ular

Further reading

• “herpes zoster” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.