tinea
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 5
/ˈtɪ.ni.ə/
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/ˈtɪ.ni.ə/ · /ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/
Definition of tinea
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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Etymology
From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).
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