dermatophytosis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English dermatophyte

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor.

New Latin -ōsislbor.

English -osis

English dermatophytosis

From 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 / 癣 (zh) (xuǎn), (athlete's foot) 腳氣 / 脚气 (jiǎoqì)

• Finnish: silsa (fi)
• Indonesian: dermatofitosis (id)
• Japanese: 白癬 (ja)
• Polish: parch (pl) m inan, grzybica woszczynowa f, strupień woszczynowy m inan
• Spanish: dermatofitosis f
• Vietnamese: bệnh nấm da