[ noun ] eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia <noun.state>
Shingles \Shin"gles\, n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}, {Cingle}, {Surcingle}.] (Med.) A kind of herpes ({Herpes zoster}) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
Lap \Lap\, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see {Lap}, n.); cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.
2. To wrap or wind around something.
About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. --Sir I. Newton.
3. To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds. --Dryden.
4. To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.
5. (Carding & Spinning) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.
{To lap boards}, {shingles}, etc., to lay one partly over another.
{To lap timbers}, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. --Weale.
The government also announced that it has scrapped tariffs that were imposed on various products last year in retaliation for a U.S. decision to set a 35% levy on imports of wood shakes and shingles from Canada.
Wellcome's future depended upon its ability to generate volume growth, said Mr Robb. The main driving force last year was Zovirax, Wellcome's herpes, chicken pox and shingles drug.
"Disturbing asbestos brakes, shingles, or siding already in place where there is no health or safety reason to do so can cause a much greater health hazard than leaving them in place," said Reilly.
Ministry officials blamed doctors for failing to read warnings against the combined use of the shingles drug with an anti-cancer agent, while doctors criticised the ministry and the drug maker for not placing conspicuous warnings.
Another trial for genital herpes showed Valtrex twice a day was as effective as Zovirax five times a day. Wellcome expects to submit Valtrex for approval to treat shingles during the first half of next year.
For example, the General Electric unit gets plastic from computer housings collected by Digital Equipment and blends it with fresh material to be made into roof shingles.
But growth is likely to slow in the mid-1990s despite Wellcome's acquisition of licences around the world for Zovirax to treat diseases such as chicken-pox and shingles.
Cement water distribution pipes, in used auto and truck replacement parts and repairs, roof shingles and paper products beginning in 1997.
Preventing chicken-pox infection may prevent the virus from breaking out again later in life as shingles, a severe rash-like ailment.
One involves 20 patients suffering from post-herpetic neuralgia, or pain caused by shingles.
Diabetics usually don't have as much problem as shingles patients because the pain they sometimes experience often is accompanied by slight numbness.
Sixty-nine percent of patients with pain from shingles showed improvement after treatment.
No matter what the regulations, your roofer has to determine whether your roof deck can support another set of shingles.
If you paint the first time, you cannot stain later without removing the paint, which can be a messy job on shakes or shingles.
One mill that produces cedar shingles for roofing already has closed here, and another is struggling to find enough raw material. School enrollment has declined 12 percent since September.
"Over the last year, we've seen a lot more self-employed people hanging up arbitration-mediation shingles," says Carolyn Blanco-Losada, membership coordinator of the Washington-based Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution.
The measure was strongly opposed by the cedar-shingle industry, which counts on the Los Angeles area for three-quarters of its $50 million in annual sales of shingles treated with fire-retardant chemicals.
These days, an observer on the street can easily spot shingles that are sagging ominously between underlying rafters, a sign that the plywood sheathing under the shingles is dangerously weak.
These days, an observer on the street can easily spot shingles that are sagging ominously between underlying rafters, a sign that the plywood sheathing under the shingles is dangerously weak.