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- noun pathology A
fungal infection of the skin known generally asringworm .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dandruff can also accompany psoriasis or a fungal infection of the scalp called tinea capitis which occurs in children and teenagers.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dandruff can also accompany psoriasis or a fungal infection of the scalp called tinea capitis which occurs in children and teenagers.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Dandruff can also accompany psoriasis or a fungal infection of the scalp called tinea capitis which occurs in children and teenagers.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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In that form known as tinea kerion mild applications are demanded at first; later the same treatment as in the ordinary type.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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It’s also called tinea corporis when on the body, tinea capitis when on the head, tinea pedis when on the feet, and tinea cruris when on the groin.
You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010
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Various fungi, such as tinea versicolor and the Mexican ` ` Caraati, '' may produce discoloration on the skin.
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Various fungi, such as tinea versicolor and the Mexican
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Micologists (fungi freaks) reguard Townsville as some kind of Babylon, a mythical place where you can enjoy tinea between the fingers and all manner of interesting jock rots and thrushes while straight up fungi can sprout in your pants in under an hour.
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These include athlete's foot, ringworm and jock itch, and occur when fungus grows and multiplies on certain areas the body, resulting in a fungal (or tinea) infection.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Extreme Hygiene: Infectious Germs Are Bulking Up at the Gym 2010
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These include athlete's foot, ringworm and jock itch, and occur when fungus grows and multiplies on certain areas the body, resulting in a fungal (or tinea) infection.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Extreme Hygiene: Infectious Germs Are Bulking Up at the Gym 2010
sionnach commented on the word tinea
tinea versicolor is caused by the fungus Pityrosporum furfur
harhar
January 12, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word tinea
"Phoebe was an awkward misfit. Her fingers were smudged with ink. Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken."
—Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 14
April 14, 2009
sionnach commented on the word tinea
Poor phurphuraceous Phoebe. But better tinea pedis than tinea cruris.
April 14, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word tinea
Right. Or a genus of arthropods.
April 14, 2009