tinea unguium

1. 1.

   fungal infection of the nails (especially toenails)

   Broadertinea

Questions about tinea unguium

What does tinea unguium mean?

tinea unguium means "fungal infection of the nails (especially toenails)".

Is tinea unguium a common word?

tinea unguium 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.