Tinea
noun, Pathology.
1.
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
noun
1.
any fungal skin disease, esp ringworm
tinea tin·e·a (tĭn’ē-ə)
n.
Any of various fungal skin infections caused chiefly by species of the genera Microsporum, Trichophyton, andEpidermophyton.
tin’e·al adj.
tinea
(tĭn’ē-ə)
See ringworm.
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