tigna

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tigna (Wikipedia approfondimento) f (pl.: tigne)

  1. (medicina) malattia contagiosa parassitaria della pelle e degli annessi, causata da funghi Ifomiceti, che provoca eruzioni cutanee e intenso prurito
  2. (figurato)grattare la tigna significa malmenare, percuotere qualcuno

dal latino tinea o tinia ‘verme, tarlo, pidocchio’