noun
Meaning 1
An ancient Greek waist-belt for men.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
zoster
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈzɑ.stɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzɒs.tə/
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CMU ARPABET: Z AA1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: herpes zoster, shingles
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herpes
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zōstēr (“shingles”), from Ancient Greek ζωστήρ (zōstḗr, “girdle”).