ringworm
noun
any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by certain parasitic fungi and characterized by the formation of ring-shaped eruptive patches.
ringworms
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pluralof ringworm.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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You’ve got to buy a helmet, because you don’t want to get ringworms in your head from someone else.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2013
To dream of having ringworms appear on you, you will have a slight illness, and some exasperating difficulty in the near future.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
This variety lasts longer than the ringworms on the body, months sometimes are required to cure it.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Tar ointment is good for ringworms in the head, which some children have, and has cured children where the head and face was covered with what is called the "milk crust."
From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott) Lea
Small troubles such as chafing, sore feet, saddle boils, sore eyes, felons, whitlows, earache, toothache, carbuncles, fleas, lice and ringworms, are all caused by lack of cleanliness, and they put men on sick report.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
