'Tinea' definitions:

Definition of 'tinea'

(from WordNet)
noun
Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches [syn: tinea, ringworm, roundworm]
noun
Type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths [syn: Tinea, genus Tinea]

Definition of 'Tinea'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths. [1913 Webster]

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