Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tinea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tinea \Tin"e*a\, n. [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but
especially to ringworm. See {Ringworm}, and {Sycosis}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the
clothes moths and carpet moths.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tinea
n 1: infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and
appearing as itching circular patches [syn: {ringworm},
{roundworm}]
2: type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths [syn: {Tinea}, {genus
Tinea}]
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