shingles
shing guhlz
- n eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia
- n building material used as siding or roofing
- n coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
- n a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
- v cover with shingles
- Merck is awaiting FDA approval for its shingles shot, Zostavax, which is designed to prevent shingles in those who are most vulnerable to the diseaseadults over age 60.
- The shingles vaccine has been available since 2006, but to date, only 2% of Americans 60 and over have been vaccinated against the disease, an extremely painful condition caused by .
- If you've ever had shingles--a blistering rash that plagues about 1 million Americans each year, most of them elderly--chances are you know how devastating it can be.