An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DERMATOPHYTOSIS
dermatomycosis, dermatophytosis
(noun) fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dermatophytosis (countable and uncountable, plural dermatophytoses)
(medicine) A fungal infection of the skin caused by a dermatophyte, ringworm.
Hyponyms
• athlete’s foot, tinea pedis
• beard ringworm, barber's itch, tinea barbae
• body ringworm, tinea corporis
• jock itch, tinea cruris
• nail ringworm, tinea unguium
• scalp ringworm, tinea capitis (Trichophyton tonsurans)
Source: Wiktionary
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