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Ringworm  n.  (Med.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).





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"Ringworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... RINGWORM.—The head is to be washed twice a day with soft soap and warm soft water; when dried the places to be rubbed with a piece of linen rag dipped in ammonia from gas tar; the patient should take a little sulphur and molasses, or some other genuine aperient, ...
— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners • B.G. Jefferis


Words linked to "Ringworm" :   tinea unguium, tinea barbae, tinea corporis, tinea capitis, jock itch, dhobi itch, barber's itch, ringworm cassia, ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, kerion, tinea, mycosis


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