a group of infections of the skin, nails or hair caused by fungal organisms that typically cause a red, itchy rash Types include tinea versicolor, tinea corporis (ringworm), tinea pedis (athlete's foot) and tinea cruris (jock itch)
any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by several related fungi, characterized by ring-shaped, scaly, itching patches on the skin and generally classified by its location on the body Also called ringworm