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ringworms

ringworms is the plural of ringworm.

Meaning of ringworm

Noun

ringworm (usually uncountable, plural ringworms)

  1. (usually) A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored 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.

Phrases with ringworms

Questions about ringworms

What is ringworms the plural of?
Ringworms is the plural of ringworm.

Words near ringworms in the dictionary

  1. ringworks
  2. ringworld
  3. ringworlds
  4. ringworm
  5. ringwormed
  6. ringworms
  7. Ringwould
  8. Ringwould with Kingsdown
  9. ringwraith
  10. ringwraiths
  11. ringxiety

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ringworms (page history and authors); ringworm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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