Zoster (Noun)
Meaning
Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The diagnosis was herpes zoster, a viral infection that causes a painful rash along a nerve pathway.
- He woke up with severe neuralgia and a band of blisters across his torso, indicative of shingles or zoster.
- Zoster often affects older individuals and typically follows the path of a nerve, resulting in a striped rash.
- After years of dealing with postherpetic neuralgia, she finally understood the aftermath of a severe zoster outbreak.
- The term zoster, referring to a belt or girdle in Greek, accurately describes the characteristic rash that forms along a nerve pathway in people with shingles.