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.
© Webster 1913.
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