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tineas

tineas is the plural of tinea.

Meaning of tinea

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

Questions about tineas

What is tineas the plural of?
Tineas is the plural of tinea.

Words near tineas in the dictionary

  1. tinea unguium
  2. tinea versicolor
  3. tinea versicolour
  4. tineae
  5. tineal
  6. tineas
  7. tined
  8. Tineg
  9. tineid
  10. tineids
  11. Tinel's sign

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