zona igneanoun
Factsheet
What does the noun zona ignea mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zona ignea. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.
How common is the noun zona ignea?
| 1810 | 0.001 |
| 1820 | 0.0009 |
| 1830 | 0.0014 |
| 1840 | 0.0014 |
| 1850 | 0.001 |
| 1860 | 0.0008 |
| 1870 | 0.0007 |
| 1880 | 0.0007 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0002 |
| 1910 | 0.00001 |
| 1920 | 0 |
| 1930 | 0 |
| 1940 | 0.000003 |
| 1950 | 0.000003 |
| 1960 | 0.000005 |
| 1970 | 0.00001 |
| 1980 | 0.00002 |
| 1990 | 0.00002 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |
Where does the noun zona ignea come from?
Earliest known use
1810s
The earliest known use of the noun zona ignea is in the 1810s.
OED's only evidence for zona ignea is from around 1818–20, in the writing of E. Thompson.
Nearby entries
- zombie worm, n.2005–
- zombification, n.1968–
- zombified, adj.1965–
- zombify, v.1950–
- zombocalypse, n.2007–
- zomboid, adj.1963–
- zom-com, n.2004–
- zomotherapeutic, adj.1900–
- zomotherapy, n.1900–
- zona, n.1706–
- zona ignea, n.1818–
- zonal, adj.1867–
- zonality, n.1909–
- zonally, adv.1873–
- zonal marking, n.1958–
- zona pellucida, n.1841–
- zona radiata, n.1881–
- zona reticularis, n.1874–
- zonarious, adj.1656–
- zonary, adj.1881–
- zonate, adj.1866–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1818–Also simply zona, the disease herpes zoster or shingles.
- 1818–20
Herpes Zoster, Zona; or Zona ignea: the shingles.
E. Thompson, Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 331
the world health ill health a disease, disorder, condition, etc. disorders of visible parts eruptive diseases [nouns] herpes shingles- shinglesa1398–Originally: †inflammation or infection of the skin, esp. when accompanied by heat and redness; spec. erysipelas (obsolete). In later use: spec. a…
- zona1706–Used in Anatomy with various qualifying adjectives to denote certain structures or parts of structures (see quots., and cf. zone, n. 6).
- zoster1706–The disease shingles, herpes zoster. Also attributive.
- barngun1746–An eruption of the skin; shingles.
- herpes zoster1807–A disease of the skin (or sometimes of a mucous membrane) characterized by the appearance of patches of distinct vesicles. (Applied widely to a…
- zona ignea1818–Also simply zona, the disease herpes zoster or shingles.
Frequency
zona ignea typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zona ignea is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zona ignea, n., 1810–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1810 | 0.001 |
| 1820 | 0.0009 |
| 1830 | 0.0014 |
| 1840 | 0.0014 |
| 1850 | 0.001 |
| 1860 | 0.0008 |
| 1870 | 0.0007 |
| 1880 | 0.0007 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0002 |
| 1910 | 0.00001 |
| 1920 | 0 |
| 1930 | 0 |
| 1940 | 0.000003 |
| 1950 | 0.000003 |
| 1960 | 0.000005 |
| 1970 | 0.00001 |
| 1980 | 0.00002 |
| 1990 | 0.00002 |
| 2000 | 0.00002 |
| 2010 | 0.00003 |