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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia;
[syn: herpes zoster, zoster, shingles]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Zoster \Zos"ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? girdle, zoster. See Zone.] (Med.) Shingles. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

zoster n 1: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia [syn: herpes zoster, zoster, shingles]