Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tinea \Tin"e*a\, n. [L., a worm, a moth.]
   1. (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but
      especially to ringworm. See {Ringworm}, and {Sycosis}.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the
      clothes moths and carpet moths.

Source : WordNet®

tinea
     n 1: infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and
          appearing as itching circular patches [syn: {ringworm},
          {roundworm}]
     2: type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths [syn: {genus Tinea}]