Tinea

·noun A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.

II. Tinea ·noun A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. ·see Ringworm, and Sycosis.

tinea
tĭnĕa, ae, f. [tan-, root of tondeo; cf. Gr. τέμνω]. I In gen., a gnawing worm , in clothes, books...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
tinea
tinea or tinia ae, f 1 TEM-, a gnawing worm, moth, bookworm : vestis, tinearum epulae, H.: dirum, ...

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