||Tin"e*a (?), n. [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin
diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and
Sycosis.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of small
Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
||Tin"e*a (?), n. [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin
diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and
Sycosis.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of small
Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.