zoster-, zoster (Greek: girdle; belt).herpes zoster:
An acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella-zoster virus in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of chickenpox.
It involves the sensory ganglia and their areas of innervation, characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area of the corresponding dermatome, and is usually unilateral and confined to a single or adjacent dermatomes. Also called: acute posterior ganglionitis, shingles, zona, and zoster. zoster:
Herpes zoster; pain typical of herpes zoster in an appropriate sensory area but not followed by the development of characteristic lesions.
zosteriform:
Resembling herpes zoster.
zosteroid:
Resembling herpes zoster.
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