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Definition: Zoster |
ZosterNoun1. Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Zoster \Zos"ter\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression girdle, zoster. See Zone.]. (references) |
"Zoster" is a common misspelling or typo for: booster, foster, ouster, oyster, poster, rooster, roster, sister. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A virus infection of the Gasserian ganglion and its nerve branches, characterized by discrete areas of vesiculation of the epithelium of the forehead, the nose, the eyelids, and the cornea together with subepithelial infiltration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ZosterSynonyms: herpes zoster (n), shingles (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zoster |
| English words defined with "zoster": chickenpox ♦ Ramsay Hunt syndrome ♦ varicella. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "zoster": Herpesvirus 3, Human ♦ Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption ♦ Varicellovirus, Vidarabine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zoster" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (zoster), Turkish (zoster). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Health | Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I, also known as herpes zoster oticus, is a common complication of shingles. (references) | |
If unchecked, such disseminated zoster can lead to death from viral pneumonia or secondary bacterial infection. (references) | ||
One of the most vexing neurological disorders is shingles or herpes zoster, an infection that often causes agonizing pain resistant to treatment. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Zoster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zoster" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "zoster": herpes varicella zoster ♦ herpes varicella zoster virus ♦ herpes zoster ♦ Herpes Zoster and Varicella Viruses ♦ Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus ♦ Herpes Zoster Oticus ♦ herpes zoster virus ♦ Varicella and Herpes Zoster Viruses ♦ varicella zoster virus ♦ zoster oticus. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "zoster": varicella-zoster. | |
Containing "zoster": varicella-zoster virus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "zoster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | داء المنطقة مرض جلدي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | херпес (herpes), зостер. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | starořecký mužský opasek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zoster ophtalmicus (herpes ophthalmicus, zoster oticus), zoster cardiopati (cardiopathy of herpes zoster), zona (herpes zoster, shingles, zona), herpes zoster (herpes zoster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | herpes zoster (herpes zoster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zostère. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Herpes zoster (herpes zoster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρδιοπάθεια του έρπητος ζωστήρος (cardiopathy of herpes zoster), ζωστήρας (belt, fender, fender belting, herpes zoster, rubbing bands, rubbing piece, rubbing strake, rubbing strip, shingles, zona), οφθαλμικός έρπητας ζωστήρας (herpes ophthalmicus, zoster oticus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tengeri fû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | herpes zoster (herpes zoster, shingles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 帯状疱疹 (herpes zoster, shingles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいじょうほうし" (herpes zoster, shingles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osterzay zona (district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, region, section, zone). (various references) герпес (herpes), зостер, зона (area, banding, district, range, region, zone). (various references) zoster. (various references) zona oftálmica (herpes ophthalmicus, zoster oticus), zona (area, belt, district, end, region, sector, strip, zone), cardiopatía por herpes zoster (cardiopathy of herpes zoster). (various references) zona (herpes zoster, shingles, zona). (various references) โรคงูสวั". (various references) zoster, zona. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zoster": zosters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zoster" (pronounced zÄ"ster) |
| 4 | -Ä" s t er | Foster, roster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, alabaster, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, broadcaster, burgomaster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, coaster, concertmaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, forecaster, Forester, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, newscaster, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, poster, postmaster, prankster, protester, quartermaster, raster, register, requester, rester, ringmaster, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, royster, schoolmaster, scoutmaster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, sportscaster, stepsister, taskmaster, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, toastmaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r-s-t-z" | |
-1 letter: roset, rotes, store, tores, torse, zeros. | |
-2 letters: eros, erst, ores, orts, rest, rets, roes, rose, rote, rots, sore, sort, toes, tore, tors, zero, zest. | |
-3 letters: ers, oes, ore, ors, ort, ose, res, ret, roe, rot, ser, set, sot, toe, tor. | |
-4 letters: er, es, et, oe, or, os, re, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: bortzes, potzers, zosters. | |
+2 letters: erotizes. | |
+3 letters: amortizes, atomizers, bronziest, frouziest, frowziest, howitzers, motorizes, notarizes, ostracize, poetizers, quartzose, quatorzes, robotizes, terrazzos, theorizes, triazoles, zoolaters, zoosterol. | |
+4 letters: aromatizes, authorizes, azeotropes, customizer, eroticizes, factorizes, lazarettos, merozoites, moisturize, narcotizes, optimizers, ostracized, ostracizes, ozocerites, ozokerites, patronizes, postfreeze, routinizes, sporozoite, temporizes, terrorizes, theorizers, totalizers, trapezoids, waterzoois, zealotries, zoolatries, zoometries, zoosterols. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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