TINEA

(Lat.), n. f. Ti^'e^-a". Fr.. tetane. Ger., Schorf, Grind. A word used by the translators of Arabian writings as the equivalent of al tin, al thin, and althin, to designate various eruptions of the hairy scalp. It has been applied to many chronic, pustular, contagious skin diseases, but is now generally restricted to those depending on the presence of a vegetable parasite, and especially to those that affect the scalp. [G.] T. ainiantacpa. See SEBORRHCEA sicca. T. as best in a. Seborrhrea capillitii in which the crusts resemble asbestos. [G.] T. axillar is. T. affecting the axilla. T. barbae. See SYCOSIS para sitar i a.T. benign a. See SCABIES capitis simplex. T. capitis. See PITYRIASIS cnpitis. T. ciliaris. See LIPPITUDO. T. circinata. See MYCOSIS tricliophytina and DERMA TO MYCOSIS maculu-vesiculosa.T. circinata tropic a. See T. imbricata.T. Crustacea. Porrigo larval is. [G.] T. corp or is. See DERMA TO MYCOSIS maculo-vesicnlosa. T. decalvans. See ALOPECIA area. T. favina, T. favosa. See FAVUS. T. furfur ace a. See SEBORRHCEA sicca. T. gramilata. See ACHOR granulatus. T. imbricata [Manson]. Chinese ringworm; a cutaneous disease occurring about the Straits of Malacoa and the islands of the Malayan Archipelago, characterized by desquamation of the cuticle in the form of concentric flakes which present free edges toward the centre of the patch, while toward the circumference they are firmly attached. The disease is regarded by most authorities as a form of ringworm. [' Med. Rep. of the Imp. Chinese Maritime Customs," 1879 (G).] Cf. Tokelau RINGWORM. T. kerion. See KERION. T. lactea. See CRUSTA lactea.T. lupin a, T. lupinosa. See PORRIGO lupinosa. T. muciflua [Alibert]. See ACHOR. T. mucosa. See TEIGNE muqueuse. T. neon a to rum. See SEBORRHCEA. T. nodosa. SeeTnicHORRHEXis nodosa. T. porriginosa. See PITYRIASIS capitis. T. polonira. See PLICA polonica. T. sycosis. See SYCOSIS para sitar i a. T. tondens, T. tonsurans. See TRI CHO MY COSTS circinata. T. tri cho phytin a. See TRICHOPHYTOSIS. T. tri cho phytin a barbse. See SYCOSIS para sitar i a.T. tri cho phytin a eapitis. See TRICHOwvcosia circinata. T. tri cho phytin a corp or is. See DERMA TO MYCOSIS maculo-vesiculoxa. T. tri cho phytin a cruris. See ECZEMA margin a tum.T. tri cho phytin a sycosis. See SYCOSIS para sitar i a.T. tri cho phytin a tonsurans. SeeTRiciSee TRI CHO MYCOSIS circinata. T. tri cho phytin a unguium. See ONYCHOJiMYCOSIS. E, he; E, ell; G. go; I, die; I", in; N, in; N, tank; [s. 626]