English noun: tinea |
1. | tinea (state) infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches |
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| Synonyms | ringworm, roundworm |
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| Broader (hypernym) | fungal infection, mycosis |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | athlete's foot, barber's itch, dhobi itch, eczema marginatum, jock itch, kerion, tinea barbae, tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis, tinea unguium |
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2. | Tinea (animal) type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths |
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| Synonyms | genus Tinea |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arthropod genus |
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| Member holonym | casemaking clothes moth, Tinea pellionella |
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| Member meronym | family Tineidae, Tineidae |
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