herpes zoster
An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves…An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains, caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primoinfection.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains, caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primoinfection.
- a herpes virus that causes shingles
- eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Synonyms
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