tinea
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Related to tinea sycosis: tinea barbae
tinea
[‚tin·ē·ə] (medicine)
Group of skin diseases caused by various fungi, for example, tinea pedis (athlete's foot) and tinea capitis (ringworm infection of the scalp).
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