zoster

IPA: zˈɑstɝ

(countable) An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
(uncountable, pathology) The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.

Examples of "zoster" in Sentences

The first one is for varicella zoster, which is shingles.
The doctors told her that it was herpes zoster, which is caused by the same virus as chicken pox.
Shingles is sometimes called herpes "zoster", a Greek word meaning "girdle" or "belt", which describes the appearance of the rash.
Nearly one out of three people in the USA will develop shingles, a painful and potentially serious condition also known as herpes zoster, the CDC says.
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the reactivation of the chicken pox virus and characterized by a painful blistery rash that erupts along the nerves.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, often starts as pain, burning, numbness or tingling, followed by an itchy, often excruciating red rash a few days later.
Shingles is caused by the Varicella zoster virus, or VZV, the same virus that causes chicken pox, and it only strikes people who have had chicken pox in the past.
Isada NB, Parr DP, Johnson MP, Straus SE, Holzgreve W, Qureshi F, Evans MI: In utero diagnosis of congenital varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).