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- Tinea - n. - A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
- Tinea - n. - A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
- Tinean - n. - Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.
- Ringworm - n. - 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 of Trichophyton).