different between shingles vs impetigo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????lz/

Etymology 1

From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ???? (z?n?), ?????? (z?st?r).

Noun

shingles (uncountable)

1. (pathology, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

Synonyms

• herpes zoster

Translations

See also

• chicken pox

Etymology 2

Noun

shingles

1. plural of shingle

Anagrams

• Hessling

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impet?g?, from impet?re (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mp??ta????/
  • (UK)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mp??ta??o?/
• Rhymes: -a????

Noun

impetigo (plural impetigos or impetigoes or impetigines)

1. (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

Synonyms

• school sores

Derived terms

• impetigenous
• impetiginous

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impetigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pe?.ti.?o?/

• Hyphenation: im?pe?ti?go

Noun

impetigo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) impetigo

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpet?g?

Etymology

impet? +? -?g?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pe?ti?.?o?/, [?mp??t?i??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pe?ti.?o/, [imp??t?i???]

Noun

impet?g? f (genitive impet?ginis); third declension

1. impetigo

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pet?go

Related terms

Descendants

References

• impetigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impetigo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• impetigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impetigo. Doublet of impigem.

Noun

impetigo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)

Romanian

Etymology

From French impétigo.

Noun

impetigo n (uncountable)

1. impetigo

Declension