Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by several related fungi, characterized by ring-shaped, scaly, itching patches on the skin and generally classified by the location on the body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A milleped of the genus Julus in a broad sense: so called from the way it curls up in a ring.
- noun A name sometimes given to certain dermatophytic diseases. See
tinea and favus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as
Tinea circinata ,Tinea tonsurans , etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species ofTrichophyton ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
contagious fungal affliction of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered byvesicles orscales .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
Etymologies
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Why it is called ringworm is because as it grows bigger, the ones in the middle of the rash die, and forms a ring, thus called ringworm.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2004
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DESCRIPTION: Athlete's foot is an infection by a form of ringworm, which is not a worm at all but a fungus.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Tinea Unguis-Commonly known as ringworm, this condition results in nail deformities and thickening.
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Tinea Unguis-Commonly known as ringworm, this condition results in nail deformities and thickening.
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Tinea Unguis-Commonly known as ringworm, this condition results in nail deformities and thickening.
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Thought you might like to know, i've stumbled across two other unsettling algorithmic hiccups: searching for "11-year-olds" gets you ebay ads for children, and searching for "ringworm" results in "sexy ringworm singles." i've got screenshots of each on my blog: one, two.
Boing Boing: December 19, 2004 - December 25, 2004 Archives 2004
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Some skin problems are caused by diseases or irritations that affect the skin only - such as ringworm, diaper rash, or warts.
Chapter 22 1993
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· Epidermophyton - a "ringworm" that invades both skin and nails of the feet;
7 Medicinals 1992
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In Gotha the plant is valued for curing chronic skin diseases, particularly of a fungoid character, such as ringworm; also for diseases of cattle.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Rehman refers to him as Joe Baker, the bastard, (Joe Baker is his nickname - Abu says it has some connection with the word for "ringworm" in Malay) and talks about how he was a total bully as rugby captain making him run several laps of the sports field for showing up late for rugby practice.
Archive 2005-03-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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