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Roof shingles: scindolas, cindulis, or scandalis robusteis
Medical condition, shingles: cingulum (meaning belt or girdle, descriptive of the location of many outbreaks)
Scientific term for shingles-causing virus: varicella-zoster virus (vericella is from the Latin word "variola," meaning small pox). Shingles is not small pox, but a reactivated form of chicken pox.
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Why is the virus called shingles?
Shingles is not the name of the virus but the name of the rash. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the varicella (chickenpox)-zoster (shingles) virus. Its' name is from the French and Latin meaning girdle or belt. The rash "follows" the nerves. These nerves come off of the spinal cord in a belt-like fashion.
What is the history of shingles?
Shingles, also called herpes zoster or zona, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body.
What does shingles refer to?
Shingles, also called herpes zoster, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body.
What is the origin of shingles?
Shingles, also called herpes zoster or zona, gets its name from both the Latin and French words for belt or girdle and refers to girdle-like skin eruptions that may occur on the trunk of the body.
What is another name for herpes zoster?
Shingles is another name for herpes zoster.
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