ringworm
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From ring + worm, being descriptive of what it looks like.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ringworm (usually uncountable, plural ringworms)
- A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured 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.
- 1848 December, “Pacific Ocean: The Island of Bornabi”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, volume 17, number 12, page 647:
- Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun.
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[edit]contagious fungal affliction of the skin
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[edit]ringworm m (plural ringwormen)
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