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