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Ringworm

noun

Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches. Synonyms: roundworm, tinea.

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... tendency to sleepiness, and heaviness after a full meal. From five to ten drops of the tincture, third decimal strength, should be given with a tablespoonful of cold water to an adult three times a day. An ointment made by stewing the fresh sliced root with lard serves efficiently for the cure of ringworm. ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

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... tunes and stopping at every twenty steps to tell secrets. But by and by the fort was demolished, church and goverment property melted down under the warm demand for building-lots, the city spread like a ringworm,—and one day 'Sieur George steps out of the old house in ...

— Old Creole Days • George Washington Cable

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Words linked to "Ringworm" : fungal infection, jock itch, athlete's foot, tinea capitis, eczema marginatum, tinea, tinea cruris, tinea unguium, kerion, tinea corporis, mycosis, tinea barbae, dhobi itch, barber's itch, tinea pedis