Definition of tinea

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Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths..

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Rectilinear :: Rectilinear (a.) Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course..
Pseudotinea :: Pseudotinea (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria)..
Pectineal :: Pectineal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pecten.
Tinea :: Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths..
Pseudotineae :: Pseudotineae (pl. ) of Pseudotine.
Ringworm :: Ringworm (n.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton)..
Palestinian :: Palestinian (a.) Alt. of Palestinea.
Tineid :: Tineid (n.) Same as Tinean.
Tinea :: Tinea (n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis..
Tinean :: Tinean (n.) Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively..
Retinea :: Retinea (pl. ) of Retineu.
Waterwort :: Waterwort (n.) Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste..
Palestinean :: Palestinean (a.) Of or pertaining to Palestine.
Pectineal :: Pectineal (a.) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone..
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