ringworm in Arabic
سَعْفَة saʕfa
US/ˈɹɪŋˌwɝm/
ringworm in Arabic: سَعْفَة (saʕfa), قَرَع (qaraʕ), قُوبَاء (qūbāʔ). In English, ringworm means a contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
Arabic words for ringworm
- contagious fungal affliction of the skin
- سَعْفَة saʕfa, قَرَع qaraʕ, قُوبَاء qūbāʔ
English meaning of ringworm
- noun A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
ringworm in a sentence
- 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.
Synonyms of ringworm
ringworm in other languages
Questions about ringworm in Arabic
- What is the meaning of ringworm in Arabic?
- Ringworm in Arabic is سَعْفَة (saʕfa), قَرَع (qaraʕ), قُوبَاء (qūbāʔ).
- ما معنى كلمة ringworm؟
- Ringworm: سَعْفَة (saʕfa), قَرَع (qaraʕ), قُوبَاء (qūbāʔ).
- What does ringworm mean in English?
- Ringworm means a contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ringworm (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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