Taber's Medical Dictionary
zoster
(zos′tĕr )
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SEE: Herpes zoster.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Zoster." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755689/all/zoster_sine_herpete.
Zoster. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755689/all/zoster_sine_herpete. Accessed April 4, 2026.
Zoster. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755689/all/zoster_sine_herpete
Zoster [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755689/all/zoster_sine_herpete.
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