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An acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains, caused by reactivation of the Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus, that also causes chicken pox as primoinfection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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a herpes virus that causes shingles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: herpes zoster virus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herpes, herpes virus
Narrower terms: herpes varicella zoster, herpes varicella zoster virus
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zoster, shingles
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herpes
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