Noun: tinea ti-nee-u
- Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
"Athlete's foot is a common form of tinea";
- ringworm
- Type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths
- genus Tinea
Derived forms: tineas
Type of: arthropod genus, fungal infection, mycosis
Part of: family Tineidae, Tineidae
Encyclopedia: Tinea