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tinea

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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