tinea

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/, /ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/ === Noun === tinea (countable and uncountable, plural tineas or tineae) (pathology) A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm. ==== Synonyms ==== dermatophytosis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== caused by dermatophytes tinea barbae (barber’s itch) – fungal infestation of facial hair tinea capitis (scalp ringworm) – fungal infection of the scalp and hair tinea corporis – fungal infection of the arms, legs, and trunk tinea cruris (jock itch) – fungal infection of the groin tinea faciei (face fungus) – fungal infection of the face tinea manuum – fungal infection of the hands and palms tinea pedis (athlete's foot) – fungal infection of the feet tinea unguium – fungal infection of the fingernails, toenails, and the nail bed of other causes tinea nigra – Hortaea werneckii tinea versicolor – Malassezia furfur ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === eat in, Aitne, eat-in, inate, Étaín, eatin', Teian, entia, tenia, antie == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂w- (“to melt”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɪ.ne.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.ne.a] === Noun === tinea f (genitive tineae); first declension a destructive insect larva that attacks household items such as books or clothing; larva, maggot, caterpillar moth ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tinea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tinea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.