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 ]
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 ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012