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語源

From 中期英語 ringworm (“ringworm; intestinal worm”), from 古期英語 rengwyrm (“maw-worm, intestinal worm”), equivalent to ring +‎ worm.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɪŋˌwɝm/

名詞

ringworm (usually uncountable, plural ringworms)

1. A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored 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.

   • 1848 December, “Pacific Ocean: The Island of Bornabi”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, volume 17, number 12, page 647:

     Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun.

同意語

• dermatophytosis, tinea

下位語

• athlete’s foot, barber’s itch, jock itch

派生語

参考

• dermatomycosis