dermatophytosis

dermatophytosis

English

Etymology

dermatophyte +‎ -osis

Noun

dermatophytosis (countable and uncountable, plural dermatophytoses)

1. (medicine) A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.

Hyponyms

• athlete’s foot, tinea pedis
• beard ringworm, barber's itch, tinea barbae
• body ringworm, tinea corporis
• jock itch, tinea cruris
• nail ringworm, tinea unguium
• scalp ringworm, tinea capitis (Trichophyton tonsurans)

Translations

fungal infection of the skin

Chinese: Mandarin: (ringworm or tinea) 癬 (zh), 癣 (zh) (xuǎn), (athlete's foot) 腳氣, 脚气 (jiǎoqì) Finnish: silsa (fi)

Japanese: 白癬 Spanish: dermatofitosis f Vietnamese: bệnh nấm da