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shingles
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
shingles
(noun)
shingle
(noun)
shingle
(verb)
shingles
/
ˈ
ʃɪŋgəlz/
noun
shingles
/
ˈ
ʃɪŋgəlz/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SHINGLES
[
noncount
]
medical
:
a disease that causes pain and red marks on your skin along the path of a nerve
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