(n.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
(n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tinea versicolor was the commonest superficial dermatomycosis affecting nearly half of all adults seen.
(2) Epidemiological an mycological data of a 30 years long study on 366 cases of tinea manuum.
(3) Morphologic features of Malassezia(M.) furfur in the horny layer from clinical lesions of tinea versicolor were examined by scanning electron microscopy and compared with the appearance of fungus in the horny layer from normal skin and in culture.
(4) Other isolates of this organism as the cause of tinea capitis were made in this city during that year.
(5) In an open study 58 patients with chronic dermatophytosis mainly caused by Trichophyton rubrum and five patients with Tinea capitis were treated with ketoconazole.
(6) A case of tinea of the pinna, mistaken for chondritis, is presented.
(7) A literature review revealed only 35 reported cases classified as tinea faciei, most of which also were misdiagnosed originally.
(8) Pityriasis versicolor (Tinea versicolor) is a superficial chronic fungal infection caused by Pityrisporum species which are normal "inhabitants" of the cutaneous flora.
(9) The mycologic and pathophysiologic characteristics of tinea versicolor infection are discussed, and several hypothesis are offered to explain the presence of tinea versicolor in these patients.
(10) A 57-year-old Japanese man with tinea of the scrotum was described.
(11) In contrast, a very low incidence was noted in patients with tinea corporis (37%) and the squamous hyperkeratotic type of tinea pedis (36%).
(12) One hundred and thirty-four patients with tinea versicolor were divided into 3 treatment groups: (1) 30% sodium thiosulfate application, (2) 30% sodium thiosulfate application plus ultraviolet light, and (3) 30% sodium thiosulfate application, ultraviolet light, and meladinine tablets (amoidin 0.01 g and amidin 0.005 g).
(13) Tinea versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection that typically affects young adults in warm, humid climates.
(14) The incidence, clinical appearance and causative agent of tinea capitis among children of Ethiopian immigrants, was studied.
(15) M. canis was the most prevalent causal agent of tinea capitis and tinea corporis.
(16) These fixed treatments have some limitations, and they are not recommended for treating tinea capitis and tinea unguium.
(17) A total of 247 patients with tinea capitis were divided into two groups and treated with griseofulvin in two different ways: the first group received the drug every other day, and the second received it twice a week.
(18) Twenty-eight patients received 100 mg per day for 14 days, and two patients, one with tinea pedis and one with tinea manuum, were treated for 28 days.
(19) The cream preparation and solution of lactoconazole at concentrations of more than 0.25% were highly effective in either tinea models, and at concentrations of more than 1%, lactoconazole achieved complete mycological cure.
(20) Reddish-tan and fawn-colored hyperpigmentation in tinea versicolor of this type is not due to melanin pigment.
Tined
Definition:
(a.) Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tined transvenous pacing leads were inserted into nine healthy large-breed dogs as part of an experimental study evaluating an implantable defibrillator.
(2) With the advent of tined transvenous cardiac pacing leads, the complete extraction of pacing leads in the treatment of an infected cardiac pacing system has become increasingly difficult.
(3) The introduction of the tined atrial J lead has decreased the incidence of atrial lead dislodgment, allowing for continued effective sensing and pacing.
(4) Natasha Orekhova, 26, a public relations specialist with a real estate firm, stood next to a friend who carried a fork with a pretend snake spiked on its tines, a reference to Putin calling the protesters Bandar-logs, the monkeys hypnotised by a python in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.
(5) Fixation included tines or fins (160), screw (40), flange (12), and other (16).
(6) Results obtained with immunotherapy in 318 cases of lung cancer showed that an initial Tine test is useful prognostically (initial negativity is equivalent to poor survival), and survival increases and decreases in function of positivity and negativity respectively.
(7) Ookinetes of Haemoproteus meleagridis were structurally similar to kinetes of other apicomplexan parasites and possessed a polar ring complex (PRC) composed of an electron-lucent polar ring with 25 supporting tines.
(8) and Tuberculin Tine tests were performed on 393 in-patients on a chest unit.
(9) The tined tip of a ventricular pacemaker electrode was entrapped in the chordae of the tricuspid valve and could not be removed by subtle manipulations in two patients.
(10) The aim of this study was to assess the effect of difference in tine diameter on probing pocket depth measurement.
(11) With the Mantoux test 52 (27%) were tuberculin-positive and 19 (9.8%) were positive with the tine test.
(12) Eighty-four patients with culture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections of the lung were evaluated with the Mono-Vacc and tine tuberculin skin tests.
(13) Tine-test was negative in all subjects and converted to positive in 106 out of 109 patients after vaccination.
(14) Therefore, the tined J-leads fulfill all requirements of a suitable atrial electrode.
(15) The tine test is unsuitable for epidemiological use because of the high proportion of negative and doubtful results in people positive on the Mantoux test.
(16) No conversions from negative to positive tine test results occurred after sludge had been applied to the farms.
(17) Biopsy samples of the main beams and tines were obtained from the antlers of mature Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) during the rapid phase of the antler grow-th cycle.
(18) A variety of lead types were used: passive fixation with preformed J (including tines or fins in a solid electrode); porous tip electrodes with small tines, most of which were also preformed; active fixation leads (both straight and preformed); and finally bipolar leads, which were all preformed.
(19) The use of tined leads and careful technique may minimise the likelihood of transvenous lead displacement.
(20) Only tined leads with silicone insulation were used.