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Zoster

Shingles.

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Herpes 76% connected

An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shingles 92% connected

A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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