SHINGLES


Meaning of SHINGLES in English

n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) an acute painful viral inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body.

[ ME f. med.L cingulus f. L cingulum girdle f. cingere gird ]

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