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shin•gles

Pronunciation: (shing'gulz), [key]
—n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) Pathol.
a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, esp. by reactivated virus in an older person, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves. Also called herpes zoster.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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