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SHINGLES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does shingles mean?

• SHINGLES (noun)
The noun SHINGLES has 1 sense:

1. eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

Familiarity information: SHINGLES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHINGLES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

herpes zoster; shingles; zoster

Hypernyms ("shingles" is a kind of...):

herpes (viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane)

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