noun
- Also called herpes zoster. Pathology. shingles.
- Greek Antiquity. a belt or girdle.
noun
- pathol short for herpes zoster
kind of seaweed, c.1600, Latin, from Greek zoster “girdle,” from zonnynai (see zone (n.)). Meaning “shingles” is from 1706; in the literal sense, “a belt or girdle, especially for men,” from 1824.
n.
- shingles