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tinea

[tin-ee-uh] / ˈtɪn i ə /
NOUN
athlete's foot
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Their tinea was confirmed to have been caused by T. indotineae.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2024

However, the tinea explored in the new reports can look very different from the neat, regular circles seen in most forms of ringworm.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2024

It can also help control another fungal infection called tinea versicolor that causes discolored skin patches.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2022

Another cause for the increase is that doctors are recognizing as tinea what they used to call eczema.

From Time Magazine Archive

In this place I have only to observe that I have in some cases completely succeeded, in others completely failed, in the cure of tinea capitis, by the lunar caustic.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by John Higginbottom




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