'Shingles' definitions:
Definition of 'shingles'
From: WordNet
noun
Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia [syn: herpes zoster, zoster, shingles]
Definition of 'Shingles'
From: GCIDE
- Shingles \Shin"gles\, n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'shingles'
From: GCIDE
- Lap \Lap\, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see Lap, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.]
- 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To wrap or wind around something. [1913 Webster]
- About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. [1913 Webster]
- Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Carding & Spinning) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. [1913 Webster]
- To lap boards, shingles, etc., to lay one partly over another.
- To lap timbers, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. --Weale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shingles'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acne,
- acne vulgaris,
- acute articular rheumatism,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
- anthrax,
- Asiatic cholera,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- black death,
- black fever,
- blackwater fever,
- brain disease,
- breakbone fever,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- cachectic fever,
- cephalalgia,
- cerebral palsy,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- Chagres fever,
- chicken pox,
- cholera,
- chorea,
- cowpox,
- dandy fever,
- deer fly fever,
- dengue,
- dengue fever,
- dermamycosis,
- dermatitis,
- dermatosis,
- diphtheria,
- dumdum fever,
- dysentery,
- eczema,
- elephantiasis,
- emotional disorder,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- enteric fever,
- epilepsy,
- epithelioma,
- erysipelas,
- erythema,
- exanthem,
- falling sickness,
- famine fever,
- five-day fever,
- flu,
- frambesia,
- German measles,
- glandular fever,
- glossopharyngeal neuralgia,
- grippe,
- hansenosis,
- Haverhill fever,
- headache,
- heat rash,
- hepatitis,
- herpes,
- herpes simplex,
- herpes zoster,
- histoplasmosis,
- hives,
- hookworm,
- hydrophobia,
- impetigo,
- infantile paralysis,
- infectious mononucleosis,
- inflammatory rheumatism,
- influenza,
- ischialgia,
- itch,
- jail fever,
- jungle rot,
- kala azar,
- kissing disease,
- lepra,
- leprosy,
- leptospirosis,
- lichen,
- lichen primus,
- loa loa,
- loaiasis,
- lockjaw,
- lupus,
- lupus vulgaris,
- madness,
- malaria,
- malarial fever,
- marsh fever,
- measles,
- meningitis,
- migraine,
- miliaria,
- milzbrand,
- MS,
- multiple sclerosis,
- mumps,
- nervous disorder,
- neuralgia,
- neuritis,
- neuropathy,
- organic psychosis,
- ornithosis,
- osteomyelitis,
- palsy,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parotitis,
- parrot fever,
- pemphigus,
- pertussis,
- pneumonia,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyarthritis rheumatism,
- polyneuritis,
- ponos,
- pressure neuropathy,
- priapism,
- prickly heat,
- pruigo,
- pruritus,
- psittacosis,
- psora,
- rabbit fever,
- rabies,
- radiculitis,
- rat-bite fever,
- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rickettsialpox,
- ringworm,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scabies,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
- sciatic neuritis,
- sciatica,
- septic sore throat,
- shaking palsy,
- skin cancer,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepy sickness,
- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- spastic paralysis,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- strep throat,
- swamp fever,
- tetanus,
- tetter,
- the jerks,
- thrush,
- tic douloureux,
- tinea,
- toxic psychosis,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- vaccinia,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- viral dysentery,
- whooping cough,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster