英语词汇athlete-s foot的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	athlete-s foot
词源	athlete’s foot. An advertising copywriter coined this term in 1928 when Absorbine Jr., a remedy for this disease often caught in gyms and locker rooms, popularized the euphemism. For over 400 years before that, athlete’s foot had been called “ring- worm.” Jock itch, the term for a condition caused by the same fungus, was coined in the 1970s.
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