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tinea

/ˈtɪ.ni.ə/

tinea noun: a fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.

Noun

tinea (countable and uncountable, plural tineas or tineae)

  1. A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
    • Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 6
    Synonyms:
    dermatophytosis

tinea meaning in Tamil

tinea in Tamil

வளையப் படை, படை

Synonyms of tinea

Forms of tinea

pluraltineas
pluraltineae

Origin of tinea

From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).

Words formed from tinea

Phrases with tinea

Questions about tinea

What does tinea mean?
Tinea means a fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
What is tinea in Tamil?
Tinea in Tamil is வளையப் படை, படை. See Tinea meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tinea?
Tinea is a noun.
How do you pronounce tinea?
Tinea is pronounced /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/.
What is the plural of tinea?
The plural of tinea is tineas.

Words near tinea in the dictionary

  1. tindoras
  2. tinds
  3. tine
  4. tine test
  5. tine tests
  6. tinea
  7. tinea cruris
  8. tinea pedis
  9. tinea unguium
  10. tinea versicolor
  11. tinea versicolour

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tinea (page history and authors); tinea (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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