(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:49:28

Tin"e*a (?), n. [L., a worm, a moth.]

1. Med.

A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

2. Zool.

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

 

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