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# zoster

«zoster» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for herpes zoster, the medical name for shingles: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (zoster, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) Short for herpes zoster, the medical name for shingles: a painful rash of blisters, usually in a stripe on one side of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#m1)

2) (medicine) Part of the name of the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox and later can cause shingles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A doctors' word; in everyday life people say "shingles". Shingles mostly affects older adults: after someone has had chickenpox, the virus can sleep in the body for years and wake up later. There is a vaccine for older people. In science, it is an example of how some viruses can stay hidden in the body. Phrases: "herpes zoster", "varicella-zoster virus".

### examples

- Zoster is the medical name for shingles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x1)
- Grandma had herpes zoster and her side was very sore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x2)
- The varicella-zoster virus causes both chickenpox and shingles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x3)
- The doctor offered Grandad a zoster vaccine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x4)
- Zoster usually appears as a stripe of blisters on one side of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x5)
- You can only get zoster if you have had chickenpox before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Pronounced ZOS-ter. It is a medical word, and "zoster" alone is a shortened form. Shingles is not the same as roof shingles (flat tiles), which is a different meaning of the word. Only a doctor should say whether someone has it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zoster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.