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Ringworm

noun
1.
Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.  Synonyms: roundworm, tinea.



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"Ringworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the surface of the body, and are hence relatively of less importance. It will be sufficient here to refer to the forms, achorion, trichophyton, oidium, aspergillus, and the diseases produced by them, favus, ringworm, and thrush, to show this peculiarity. Nevertheless, we see that these organisms also (as was proved by the older observations of Hannover and Zenker) may, under certain circumstances, penetrate into the interior of the organs. Grawitz, moreover, has recently shown that their faculty ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various



Words linked to "Ringworm" :   tinea capitis, jock itch, mycosis, tinea, tinea cruris, athlete's foot, roundworm, tinea barbae, tinea unguium, fungal infection, tinea pedis, eczema marginatum, dhobi itch, barber's itch, ringworm cassia, tinea corporis, kerion



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