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单词 herpes zoster
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Definition of herpes zoster in English:

herpes zoster

nounˈzɒstəˌhərpēz ˈzästər
mass noun
  • 1

    medical name for shingles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Initial differential diagnoses included herpes zoster and systemic lupus erythematosis, but it became clear that this was photosensitivity induced by oral doxycycline.
    • Topical corticosteroids are often recommended in addition to oral antiviral agents to help reduce the pain and inflammation of herpes zoster.
    • The study shows that the clinical course of herpes zoster is relatively benign and that postherpetic neuralgia rarely affects daily life.
    • Pain is the most debilitating feature of herpes zoster, and postherpetic neuralgia is the most common long-term complication.
    • The treatment of herpes zoster has three major objectives: treatment of the acute viral infection, treatment of the acute pain associated with herpes zoster and prevention of postherpetic neuralgia.
    1. 1.1 A herpesvirus that causes shingles and chickenpox.
      (引起带状疱疹和水痘的)疱疹病毒
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Primary varicella infection can often be prevented or at least limited by administration of the varicella vaccine within 72 hours of exposure to chickenpox or herpes zoster.
      • Doctors should exclude well established causes of skin necrosis, including herpes zoster, staphylococcal skin infections, and syphilitic chancre, before implicating arthropods at all.
      • Eight per cent of patients with HIV had herpes zoster.
      • In facial palsies caused by herpes simplex virus or herpes zoster virus there remains a strong correlation between the peak severity of the palsy and the outcome.
      • Infection with herpes zoster caused by a reactivation of varicella virus dormant in dorsal root ganglia is also common in older adults.

Origin

Late Middle English: from herpes and Latin zoster, from Greek zōstēr 'girdle, shingles'.

Definition of herpes zoster in US English:

herpes zoster

nounˌhərpēz ˈzästər
  • 1

    medical name for shingles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pain is the most debilitating feature of herpes zoster, and postherpetic neuralgia is the most common long-term complication.
    • Topical corticosteroids are often recommended in addition to oral antiviral agents to help reduce the pain and inflammation of herpes zoster.
    • The study shows that the clinical course of herpes zoster is relatively benign and that postherpetic neuralgia rarely affects daily life.
    • Initial differential diagnoses included herpes zoster and systemic lupus erythematosis, but it became clear that this was photosensitivity induced by oral doxycycline.
    • The treatment of herpes zoster has three major objectives: treatment of the acute viral infection, treatment of the acute pain associated with herpes zoster and prevention of postherpetic neuralgia.
    1. 1.1 A herpesvirus that causes shingles and chickenpox.
      (引起带状疱疹和水痘的)疱疹病毒
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In facial palsies caused by herpes simplex virus or herpes zoster virus there remains a strong correlation between the peak severity of the palsy and the outcome.
      • Infection with herpes zoster caused by a reactivation of varicella virus dormant in dorsal root ganglia is also common in older adults.
      • Eight per cent of patients with HIV had herpes zoster.
      • Primary varicella infection can often be prevented or at least limited by administration of the varicella vaccine within 72 hours of exposure to chickenpox or herpes zoster.
      • Doctors should exclude well established causes of skin necrosis, including herpes zoster, staphylococcal skin infections, and syphilitic chancre, before implicating arthropods at all.

Origin

Late Middle English: from herpes and Latin zoster, from Greek zōstēr ‘girdle, shingles’.

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