zosterhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoster_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoster, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zosternoun

  1. 1.
    1601
    † A kind of seaweed. Obsolete. rare.
    1. 1601
      As for the former [seaweed] called Zoster, it is found among the shelves and shallow waters not farre from the shore.
      P. Holland, translation of Pliny, Historie of World vol. I. xiii. xxv. 401
  2. 2.
    1706–
    The disease shingles, herpes zoster. Also attributive.
    1. 1706
      Phillips's New World of Words (new edition)
    2. 1867
      Armed against every malady from Ague to Zoster.
      O. W. Holmes, Guardian Angel xxv. 289
    3. 1877
      Pustules are met with..in non-parasitic sycosis, herpes zoster, etc.
      L. A. Duhring, Practical Treatise on Diseases of Skin 78
  3. 3.
    1824–
    Ancient Greek History. A belt or girdle, esp. as worn by men.
    1. 1824
      A zooster or girdle of the same metal, which reaches half round the body.
      Gentleman's Magazine December 483
    2. 1906
      The Mitré is a band of metal worn round the waist under the Chiton, the Zoster a similar belt worn over the tunic.
      Academy 1 December 543/2

zoster, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zoster, n. was last modified in June 2025.