shingles

shingles
Synonyms and related words:
African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, MS, acne, acne vulgaris, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, blackwater fever, brain disease, breakbone fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cachectic fever, cephalalgia, cerebral palsy, cerebral rheumatism, chicken pox, cholera, chorea, cowpox, dandy fever, deer fly fever, dengue, dengue fever, dermamycosis, dermatitis, dermatosis, diphtheria, dumdum fever, dysentery, eczema, elephantiasis, emotional disorder, encephalitis lethargica, enteric fever, epilepsy, epithelioma, erysipelas, erythema, exanthem, falling sickness, famine fever, five-day fever, flu, frambesia, glandular fever, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, grippe, hansenosis, headache, heat rash, hepatitis, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, histoplasmosis, hives, hookworm, hydrophobia, impetigo, infantile paralysis, infectious mononucleosis, inflammatory rheumatism, influenza, ischialgia, itch, jail fever, jungle rot, kala azar, kissing disease, lepra, leprosy, leptospirosis, lichen, lichen primus, loa loa, loaiasis, lockjaw, lupus, lupus vulgaris, madness, malaria, malarial fever, marsh fever, measles, meningitis, migraine, miliaria, milzbrand, multiple sclerosis, mumps, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, ornithosis, osteomyelitis, palsy, paratyphoid fever, parotitis, parrot fever, pemphigus, pertussis, pneumonia, polio, poliomyelitis, polyarthritis rheumatism, polyneuritis, ponos, pressure neuropathy, priapism, prickly heat, pruigo, pruritus, psittacosis, psora, rabbit fever, rabies, radiculitis, rat-bite fever, relapsing fever, rheumatic fever, rickettsialpox, ringworm, rubella, rubeola, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, schistosomiasis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, septic sore throat, shaking palsy, skin cancer, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, smallpox, snail fever, spastic paralysis, splenic fever, spotted fever, strep throat, swamp fever, tetanus, tetter, the jerks, thrush, tic douloureux, tinea, toxic psychosis, trench fever, trench mouth, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid, typhoid fever, typhus, typhus fever, undulant fever, vaccinia, varicella, variola, venereal disease, viral dysentery, whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever, yellow jack, zona, zoster

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  • shingles — the disease, is normally treated as a singular noun (Shingles sometimes follows a bad case of measles), but it can be plural when the emphasis is on the resulting blisters rather than the illness itself (The shingles were extremely painful) …   Modern English usage

  • shingles — [shiŋ′gəlz] n. [ME schingles, altered < ML cingulus < L cingulum, a belt, girdle < cingere, to gird (see CINCH): used in ML as transl. of Gr zōnē, girdle, shingles] nontechnical name for HERPES ZOSTER …   English World dictionary

  • Shingles — Shin gles, n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}, {Cingle}, {Surcingle}.] (Med.) A kind of herpes ({Herpes zoster}) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shingles — late 14c., inflammatory disease of the skin, from M.L. cingulus (loan translation of Gk. zoster girdle ), variant of L. cingulum girdle, from cingere to gird (see CINCH (Cf. cinch)). The inflammation often extends around the middle of the body,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • shingles — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ an acute painful inflammation of nerve endings, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the body. ORIGIN from Latin cingulum girdle …   English terms dictionary

  • Shingles — This interesting and unusual surname is a variant of shingler, which is of Anglo Saxon origin and is from an occupational name for someone who laid wooden tiles (shingles) on roofs. The name is derived from the Middle English (1200 1500) schingle …   Surnames reference

  • shingles — I n. building material on a roof to lay shingles II n. herpes zoster to develop shingles * * * [ herpes zoster ] to develop shingles …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Shingles — An acute infection caused by the virus Herpes zoster, which also causes chickenpox. Shingles usually emerges in adulthood after exposure to chickenpox or reactivation of the chickenpox virus, which can remain latent in body tissues for years… …   Medical dictionary

  • shingles — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. asbestos shingles, felt base shingles, shakes; see roofing …   English dictionary for students

  • shingles — shin·gles || ʃɪŋglz n. (Pathology) herpes zoster, zoster, acute viral disease in adults which is characterized by a painful skin rash on nerve pathways which is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox shin·gle || ʃɪŋgl n. thin… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • shingles — Lap Lap, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see {Lap}, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To wrap or wind around something.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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