transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshiŋ-gəlz ]
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