tinea cruris

1. 1.

   fungal infection of the groin (most common in men)

   Synonymsjock itcheczema marginatum

   Broadertinea

Questions about tinea cruris

What does tinea cruris mean?

tinea cruris means "fungal infection of the groin (most common in men)".

What is another word for tinea cruris?

Close synonyms include jock itch, eczema marginatum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tinea cruris a common word?

tinea cruris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.