tinea

See also: Tinea and ținea

English

Etymology

From Latin tinea (“moth; bookworm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.ni.ə/, /ˈtɪ.ni.ɚ/

Noun

tinea (countable and uncountable, plural tineas or tineae)

1. (pathology) A fungal infection of the skin, known generally as ringworm.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 6:

     Her knees were ingrained with dirt, her toes raw with tinea, her fingernails black and broken.

Synonyms

• dermatophytosis

Derived terms

• tinea versicolour

 

Related terms

caused by dermatophytes

• tinea barbae (barber’s itch) – fungal infestation of facial hair
• tinea capitis (scalp ringworm) – fungal infection of the scalp and hair
• tinea corporis – fungal infection of the arms, legs, and trunk
• tinea cruris (jock itch) – fungal infection of the groin
• tinea faciei (face fungus) – fungal infection of the face
• tinea manuum – fungal infection of the hands and palms
• tinea pedis (athlete's foot) – fungal infection of the feet
• tinea unguium – fungal infection of the fingernails, toenails, and the nail bed

of other causes

• tinea nigra – Hortaea werneckii
• tinea versicolor – Malassezia furfur

Translations

ringworm — see ringworm

Anagrams

• eat in, Aitne, eat-in, inate, Étaín, eatin', Teian, entia, tenia, antie

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂w- (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ne.a/, [ˈt̪ɪneä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ne.a/, [ˈt̪iːneä]

Noun

tinea f (genitive tineae); first declension

1. a destructive insect larva that attacks household items such as books or clothing; larva, maggot, caterpillar

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tinea	tineae
genitive	tineae	tineārum
dative	tineae	tineīs
accusative	tineam	tineās
ablative	tineā	tineīs
vocative	tinea	tineae

Descendants

• Albanian: tenjë
• Catalan: tinya
• English: tinea
• French: teigne
• Galician: tiña
• Italian: tigna
• Portuguese: tinha
• Spanish: tiña

References

• “tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tinea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tinea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.