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Tinea

//ˈtɪ.ni.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm. countable, uncountable

    "Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken."

  2. 2
    infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches wordnet

Etymology

From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).

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