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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. See ringworm.

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  1. n. pathology A fungal infection of the skin known generally as ringworm.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin via Medieval Latin and Middle English: a fungal infection of the skin. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, a gnawing worm. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • chained_bear Right. Or a genus of arthropods. Apr 13, 2009

  • sionnach Poor phurphuraceous Phoebe. But better tinea pedis than tinea cruris. Apr 13, 2009

  • chained_bear "Phoebe was an awkward misfit. Her fingers were smudged with ink. Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken."
    —Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 14 Apr 13, 2009

  • sionnach tinea versicolor is caused by the fungus Pityrosporum furfur

    harhar Jan 12, 2009

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