herpes zoster
English
Noun
- (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 Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primo-infection.
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Translations
acute viral inflammation — see shingles