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Webster 1913 Edition

Shingles

Shin′gles

,
Noun.
[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.

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