cacar api

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

cacar api (first-person possessive cacar apiku, second-person possessive cacar apimu, third-person possessive cacar apinya)

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

Further reading

“cacar api” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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