herpes zoster
See also: herpes-zóster, herpes zóster, and herpes zòster
English
Noun
herpes zoster (uncountable)
- (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 primo-infection.
- 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.
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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)
- (pathology) herpes zoster, shingles.
- Synonyms: cacar api, cacar ular
Further reading
- “herpes zoster” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.