tinea

n.
See ringworm.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, a gnawing worm.]

tineal tin'e·al adj.

n

A group of fungal skin diseases caused by dermatophytes of several kinds, characterized by itching, scaling, and sometimes painful lesions. Tinea is a general term that refers to infections of various causes, which are seen in several sites.

Tinea. (Habif, 1990)

ringworm; a name applied to many different kinds of fungal infection of the skin, the specific type (depending on characteristic appearance, etiological agent and site) usually being designated by a modifying term. Often used in humans but uncommonly in animals.

• t. nigra — superficial phaeohyphomycosis.
• t. versicolor — a skin disease of humans in which infection by Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum orbiculare) causes skin lesions which differ in color from surrounding, noninfected skin. A similar disease has been described on the udder of goats.

Tinea

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ringorm

Nederlands (Dutch)
ringworm

Français (French)
n. - herpès circiné

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hautflechte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τριχοφυτίαση (ασθένεια του δέρματος)

Italiano (Italian)
tigna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tinha (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
(мед.) опоясывающий лишай

Español (Spanish)
n. - tínea, tiña

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - revorm (med.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
癣

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 癬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 윤선, 백선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 輪癬, タムシ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرض جلدي معدي, القوباء ألحلقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גזזת‬

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