zoster

2 definitions found

zoster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Zoster \Zos"ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? girdle, zoster. See Zone.]
     (Med.)
     Shingles.
     [1913 Webster]

zoster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  zoster
      n 1: eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe
           neuralgia [syn: herpes zoster, zoster, shingles]