shingles

IPA: ʃˈɪŋgʌɫz

noun

  • (pathology, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
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Examples of "shingles" in Sentences

  • There are shingles on the adobe.
  • "Those are what they call shingles, my lad," said Gunson.
  • He had something similar to what doctors now call shingles.
  • It occurs in shingles, because the virus that causes the illness, varicella, nests in the nerves.
  • Adults who had chickenpox as a child are at risk for shingles, which is caused by the same virus.
  • As for chicken pox, once you have had it you can get shingles, which is a most unpleasant disease - and one which can recur.
  • Because the virus that causes shingles is already in a person's body, others cannot get shingles from a person with shingles.
  • Architect-couple Michael Morris and Yoshiko Satori built a modern getaway on Shelter Island, N.Y. It's their answer to what they describe as the "shingles on steroids" homes in the Hamptons.
  • City Police showed up Monday afternoon at the cemetery to find a hired worker peeling some of the worn shingles from the caretaker's house roof to make way for some long-needed repairs to the old, vacant and decaying property.
  • You cannot get shingles from someone who has shingles; however, because shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, you can get chickenpox if you have not had chickenpox disease or a vaccine that provided protective immunity.

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