cacar api

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of cacar (“variola, smallpox”) +‎ api (“fire”), named after burning pain of neuropathic pain in herpes zoster.

Noun

cacar api (plural cacar-cacar api)

  1. (pathology) herpes zoster, shingles
    Synonyms: cacar ular, herpes zoster

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