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词汇 ringworm
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ringworm n.

name given to certain skin diseases manifesting in circular patches, early 15c. (Chauliac), from ring (n.1) + worm (n.). Earlier it meant "an intestinal worm" (late Old English). In boxing slang, it meant "habitué of prize-fights" (by 1929).

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