Cryptic crossword clue
Building materials for a painful inflammatory disease 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHINGLES

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What does SHINGLES mean?

SHINGLES noun
  1. Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
SHINGLES noun
  1. A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
  2. A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
  3. A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
SHINGLES noun
  1. A punitive strap such as a belt.
  2. (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
SHINGLES noun
  1. Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

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