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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.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 6:Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- caused by dermatophytes
- of other causes
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂w- (“to melt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tinea f (genitive tineae); first declension
- a destructive insect larva that attacks household items such as books or clothing; larva, maggot, caterpillar
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’s 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.