different between ringworm vs dermatophytosis
ringworm
English
Etymology
From ring +? worm, being descriptive of what it looks like.
Noun
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.
Synonyms
- dermatophytosis
- tinea
Hyponyms
- athlete’s foot
- barber’s itch
- jock itch
Translations
See also
- dermatomycosis
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of ring +? worm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??.??rm/
- Hyphenation: ring?worm
Noun
ringworm m (plural ringwormen)
- annelid, worm of the phylum Annelida
- ringworm, infectious fungal disease
ringworm From the web:
- what ringworm looks like
- what ringworm looks like on dogs
- what ringworm looks like when it starts
- what ringworm looks like on cats
- what ringworm feels like
- what ringworm looks like when healing
- what ringworms come from
- what ringworm looks like on humans
dermatophytosis
English
Etymology
dermatophyte +? -osis
Noun
dermatophytosis (countable and uncountable, plural dermatophytoses)
- (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
dermatophytosis From the web:
- what dermatophytosis meaning
- what causes dermatophytosis
- what is dermatophytosis of nail
- what does dermatophytosis mean
- what is dermatophytosis of the body
- what is dermatophytosis in cats
- what is dermatophytosis in dogs
- what is dermatophytosis tinea corporis
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