shingles
/ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/
shingles noun: herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus. Also the plural of shingle.
Noun
shingles (uncountable)
- Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
- From the description, Letha felt sure Jane had herpes zoster, or shingles, which often strikes cancer patients or others with depressed immune systems. Jane spent another week in the Bubble, treated with acyclovir.2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 98
- Synonyms:
- herpes zoster
Also used as
shingles is also the plural of shingle.
shingles meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
shingles in Marathi
- शिंगल्स
shingles in Bengali
- শিংলস, শিঙ্গলস
shingles in Telugu
- షింగిల్స్
shingles in Malayalam
- ഷിംഗിൾസ്
More languagesFewer languages
- shingles in Gujarati
- શિંગલ્સ
- shingles in Odia
- ହର୍ପିସ୍ ଜୋସ୍ଟର harpis josṭara
- shingles in Arabic
- اَلْهِرْبِس اَلْعَصَبِيّ al-hirbis al-ʕaṣabiyy
- shingles in Malay
- kayap
- shingles in Indonesian
- cacar api, cacar ular, herpes zoster, sinanaga
- shingles in Thai
- โรคงูสวัด rôhk ngôot-wát
- shingles in Vietnamese
- bệnh zona, giời leo
Synonyms of shingles
Origin of shingles
From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).
Phrases with shingles
Questions about shingles
- What does shingles mean?
- Shingles means herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
- What is shingles in Marathi?
- Shingles in Marathi is शिंगल्स. See Shingles meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is shingles?
- Shingles is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shingles?
- Shingles is pronounced /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/.
Words near shingles in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shingles (page history and authors); shingles (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shingles (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shingles (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shingles (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shingles (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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