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Tinea tonsurans
Ringworm Ring"worm", n. (Med.) A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).

Meaning of Tonsura from wikipedia

- religious devotion or humility. The term originates from the Latin word tonsura (meaning "clipping" or "shearing") and referred to a specific practice...
- important as the visit to the public baths, and a young man's first shave (tonsura) was considered an essential part of his coming of age ceremony.[citation...
- toti mundo contrarii, moribus Romanis inimici, non solum in missa sed in tonsura etiam" ("Britons are contrary to the whole world, enemies of Roman customs...
- composita videlicet quod denarius qui vocatur sterlingus rotundus & sine tonsura ponderabit triginta duo grana frumenti in medio ****e. Per Ordinance of...
- amb****ador for the Duke of Mantua. In 1521 Pope Leo X conceded to him the tonsura (first sacerdotal ceremony) and thereupon began Castiglione's second, ecclesiastical...
- Veneto; Informazioni: si rifà a "diakos" (= chierico), religioso con la tonsura degli ordini minori (Origin: Veneto; refers to "diakos" (= cleric), religious...
- beneficium ac recordacionis memorabile signum indictum est Polonis, ut in tonsura rotunda conformarent se moribus religiosorum; to samo powtarza Vita maior...
- were of children and beggars in Barcelona in the later 19th century. La tonsura del rei Wamba Ensomni Sueño, currently in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya...
- December 1524 Pope Clement VII, Monitorium contra clericos... super habitu et tonsura et aliis, 2 December 1924 Gian Giorgio Trissino, Al Reveren. Mons. Giovan...
- Bacc****i Bald****are Castiglione – in 1521, Pope Leo X conceded him the tonsura (first sacerdotal ceremony) Saint Catherine of SienaDoctor of the Church;...