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athlete's foot: see ringworm ringworm or tinea (tĭn`ēə), superficial eruption of the skin caused by a fungus, chiefly ..... Click the link for more information. . athlete's footForm of ringworm that affects the feet. In the inflammatory type, the infection may lie inactive much of the time, with occasional acute episodes in which blisters develop, mostly between the toes. The dry type is a chronic condition marked by slight redness of the skin and dry scaling that may involve the sole and sides of the foot and the toenails, which become thick and brittle. athlete's foot a fungal infection of the skin of the foot, esp between the toes and on the soles athlete's foot [′ath‚lēts ′fu̇t] (medicine) Dermatophytosis of the feet, usually affecting the skin between the toes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Remember, now, we are ruminating about scientific books, couched in medical terms on the X's and O's of sun stroke, lower back pain, head concussions, dementia, and athlete's foot. Anyway, it's something you ought to deal with in private, like athlete's foot. For a couple of weeks, I put mama's milk on my one-and-a-half-year-old's athlete's foot, and now it is almost completely gone |
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