SHINGLES Definition & Meaning

shingles

[ shing-guhlz ]

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noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

a disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, especially by reactivated virus in an older person, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves.

shingles

/ ˈʃɪŋɡə�� /

noun

functioning as singular an acute viral disease affecting the ganglia of certain nerves, characterized by inflammation, pain, and skin eruptions along the course of the affected nerve Technical namesherpes zosterzoster

shingles

/ ��ĭ�Բ�′��ə�� /

See under herpes

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of shingles¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Medieval Latin cingulum, in Latin: “girdle,” from cingere “to gird, cinch” ( cincture ); translation of Greek ��ṓnŧ “belt” or ��ō��ḗr “g��”; zone, zoster

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of shingles¹

C14: from Medieval Latin cingulum girdle, rendering Greek ��ō��ŧ zone

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Fleas infested the home, biting them in their sleep, and rain leaked through the shingles into the attic, sprouting a cluster of mushrooms, the lawsuit said.

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For example, after the Berkeley fire in 1923, wood shingles were banned on new construction around the Bay Area.

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Times, “the prohibiting of wood shingles should extend from the eastern limits of the city to the outer edge of Hollywood.”

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County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone woke up in his San Fernando Valley home Jan. 7 to a swimming pool filled with leaves and roof shingles.

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Initially, the city prohibited the construction of new homes with wood shingles and called for homeowners in fire regions to clear brush from their properties.

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