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zoster

UK/ˈzɒs.tə//ˈzɑ.stɚ/

zoster noun: an ancient Greek waist-belt for men.

Noun

zoster (countable and uncountable, plural zosters)

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

zoster meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

zoster in Tamil

சூழல் அமைப்பு, வளையம், தேமல், படர் தாமரை, அக்கி

zoster in Urdu

حلقہ, کمر بند

zoster in Bengali

নামক রোগ, শিংলেস

Forms of zoster

pluralzosters

Origin of zoster

Borrowed from Latin zōstēr (“shingles”), from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”).

Words formed from zoster

Phrases with zoster

Questions about zoster

What does zoster mean?
Zoster means an ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
What is zoster in Tamil?
Zoster in Tamil is சூழல் அமைப்பு, வளையம், தேமல். See Zoster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zoster?
Zoster is a noun.
How do you pronounce zoster?
Zoster is pronounced /ˈzɑ.stɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of zoster?
The plural of zoster is zosters.

Words near zoster in the dictionary

  1. Zoshi
  2. Zosi
  3. Zosia
  4. Zosma
  5. Zossen
  6. zoster
  7. zoster sine herpete
  8. zosteraceous
  9. zosteriform
  10. zosteroid
  11. zosterophyll

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoster (page history and authors); zoster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoster (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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