n.
Pronunciation: ' shi ŋ -g ə lz
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology: Middle English schingles, by folk etymology from Medieval Latin cingulus, from Latin cingulum girdle ― more at CINGULUM
Date: 14th century
: an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox ― called also herpes zoster zoster