HERPES ZOSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herpes zoster mean? 

• HERPES ZOSTER (noun)
  The noun HERPES ZOSTER has 2 senses:

1. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

2. a herpes virus that causes shingles

  Familiarity information: HERPES ZOSTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERPES ZOSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

herpes zoster; shingles; zoster

Hypernyms ("herpes zoster" is a kind of...):

herpes (viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A herpes virus that causes shingles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

herpes zoster; herpes zoster virus

Hypernyms ("herpes zoster" is a kind of...):

herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herpes zoster"):

herpes varicella zoster; herpes varicella zoster virus (a herpes virus that causes chickenpox and shingles)

 Context examples 

A drug used to treat nerve pain caused by diabetes or herpes zoster infection and certain types of seizures.

(Lyrica, NCI Dictionary)

A form of herpes zoster infection characterized by dermatitis of the skin of the eyelid due to reactivation of latent virus associated with the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve.

(Herpes Zoster Dermatitis of Eyelid, NCI Thesaurus)

An opportunistic infection caused by herpes zoster in a patient with AIDS.

(AIDS-Related Herpes Zoster, NCI Thesaurus)