Tinea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tinea \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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the


        clothes moths and carpet moths.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tinea
       n 1: infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and
            appearing as itching circular patches [syn: {ringworm},
            {roundworm}]
       2: type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths [syn: {genus Tinea}]