herpes zostern. See shingles.[New Latin herp?s z?st?r : Latin herp?s, herpes + Greek z?st?r, girdle.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.herpes zoster (?z?st?) n (Pathology) a technical name for shingles[New Latin: girdle herpes, from herpes + Greek z?st?r girdle]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014shin?gles (???? g?lz) n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a disease caused by the herpes zoster virus, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves. [1350?1400;