shingles

IPA: ʃˈɪŋgʌɫz

(pathology, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

Examples of "shingles" in Sentences

"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.