'Tinea' definitions:

Definition of 'tinea'

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]

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]