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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ancient Greek waist-belt for men. countable
2. 2
   eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia wordnet
3. 3
   The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

agueanthraxblack deathcholeradiphtheriadysentery

Etymology

From Latin zōstēr, from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).

Related phrases

herpes zostervaricella zoster viruszoster sine herpetechicken poxherpes zoster

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