English-Thai Dictionary
shingles
N โรค งูสวัด rok-ngu-sa-wad
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SHINGLES
Shin "gles, n. Etym: [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle. ] (Med. )
Defn: A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster ) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
New American Oxford Dictionary
shingles
shin gles |ˈSHiNGgəlz ˈʃɪŋɡəlz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Medicine an acute, painful inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Also called herpes zoster. ORIGIN late Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle, ’ from cingere ‘gird. ’
Oxford Dictionary
shingles
shin ¦gles |ˈʃɪŋg (ə )lz | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] Medicine a painful acute inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. It is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Also called herpes zoster. ORIGIN late Middle English: representing medieval Latin cingulus, variant of Latin cingulum ‘girdle ’, from cingere ‘gird ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
shingles
shin gles /ʃɪ́ŋɡ (ə )lz /名詞 〘医 〙〖単数扱い 〗帯状疱疹 （ほうしん ）.
The Wordsmith Dictionary