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noun
A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: genus Tinea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arthropod genus
noun
infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ringworm, roundworm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungal infection, mycosis
Narrower terms: dhobi itch, kerion, tinea pedis, athlete's foot, tinea barbae, barber's itch, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, jock itch, eczema marginatum, tinea unguium
History
From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).
