ringworm
Noun
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Noun
ringworm (uncountable)
- A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
- In superficial mycoses infection is localised to the skin, the hair, and the nails. An example is ringworm or tinea, an infection of the skin by a dermatophyte.
- French: teigne, roue de Sainte-Catherine, rogne
- German: Glatzflechte (bovines)
- Italian: tigna
- Portuguese: tinha, porrigem
- Russian: стригу́щий лиша́й
- Spanish: tiña, tinea
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