Look up: Shingles


  1. shingles
    thin tiles, usually of wood, used as a roof covering or for cladding walls
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  2. Shingles
    Disease in adults caused by Varicella Zoster virus (Herpetoviridae) that, in children, causes Chicken Pox.
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  3. Shingles
    Shingles are roofing material made from asphalt, wood or slate. Tiles of the shingle are laid on the roof in an overlapping pattern to provide water protection.
    Found op http://www.designbuild-network.com/glossary/shingles.html

  4. Shingles
    a nerve infection caused by the chickenpox virus, causing areas of painful rash covered with blisters
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  5. Shingles
    Viral disease with painful skin blisters in a band or line on the body. Caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox (varicella zoster – Greek for girdle is zoster) 
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  6. Shingles
    a painful skin condition, commonly in older people, caused by the virus that produces chicken pox which can remain dormant in the body for many years
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  7. Shingles
    Also called Herpes zoster.
    Found op http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt

  8. Shingles
    Our Shingles Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Shingles Shingles: An acute infection caused by the herpes zoster virus, the same virus as causes chickenpox. Shingles is most common after the age of 50 and the risk rises with advancing age. Shingles occurs b...
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  9. Shingles
    Roof covering of asphalt, wood, tile, slate, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thicknesses, which are laid in a series of overlapping rows as a roof covering on pitched roofs.
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  10. shingles
    Disease in adults caused by Varicella zoster > Varicella zoster virus (Herpetoviridae), that in children causes chicken pox. Disease arises by reactivation (usually associated with a decline in cell-mediated immunity) of latent virus that persists in spinal or cranial sensory nerve ganglia.
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  11. Shingles
    Shin'gles noun [ Old French cengle a girth, French sangle , from Latin cingulum a girdle, from cingere to gird. Confer Cincture , Cingle , Surcingle .] (Medicine) A kind of herpes ( Herpes zo...
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  12. shingles
    <dermatology, virology> Disease in adults caused by Varicella zoster virus (Herpetoviridae), that in children causes chicken pox. ... Disease arises by reactivation (usually associated with a decline in cell-mediated immunity) of latent virus that persists in spinal or cranial sensory nerve ga...
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  1. shingles
    (shing´gәlz) herpes zoster.
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  2. Shingles
    • (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
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  3. shingles
    wooden tiles for covering roofs
    Found op http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossary.htm

  4. Shingles
    - Roof covering of asphalt. asbestos, wood, tile, slate, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thickness'.
    Found op http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm

  5. SHINGLES
    Small units of material which are laid in a series of overlapping rows as a roof covering on pitched roofs.
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  6. shingles
    Also called herpes zoster, a viral disease characterized by development of pain, a vesicular rash and later scarring, often with persistent pain, over the skin of part of the face or trunk. The virus seems to settle in or near nerve cells following chickenpox, which is caused by the same virus, and ...
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  7. SHINGLES
    a herpes virus infection (herpes zoster) that usually affects a nerve, causing pain in one area of the body
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  8. shingles
    shingles: see herpes zoster.
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  9. shingles
    Type: Term Pronunciation: shing′gĕlz Synonyms: herpes zoster
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=81545

  10. shingles
    Common name for herpes zoster, a disease characterized by infection of sensory nerves, with pain and eruption of blisters along the course of the affected nerves
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0005207.html

  11. Shingles
    wooden tiles which have been used for roofing for several thousand years. Used in exactly the same way as clay or concrete tiles, traditionally in Britain they were oak, now mostly Canadian cedar. Soft woods have been used, and continue to be used in parts of the world, where they are usually coated...
    Found op http://www.coppice-products.co.uk/Glossary.htm

  12. Shingles
    Shingles is an infection of the spinal nerves by the herpes virus causing painful blisters on the skin of the affected dermatome. Patients may experience back pain in the lumbar spine preceding the outbreak of shingles. After the infection subsides, some patients may still experience chronic nerve p...
    Found op http://www.spine-health.com/glossary/s/shingles

  13. Shingles
    Shingles, caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox, affects the nerve endings in the skin. It usually occurs on the skin of the abdomen under the ribs leading toward the naval, but can appear anywhere on the body. An attack of shingles is often preceded by three of four days of intense pain ...
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