zoster

A belt or girdle worn by men in ancient Greece.

Herpes zoster.

In ancient Greek costume, a belt or girdle; originally, a warriors’ belt round the loins, afterward any girdle or zone, but chiefly one of a kind worn by men.

Same as herpes zoster (which see, under herpes).

Shingles.

An ancient Greek waist–belt for men.

The disease called herpes zoster (from the typically beltlike pattern of its rash); shingles.

eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia