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athlete's foot

NOUN
ringworm of the feet
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Norms eventually hopes to offer products for “the butt to the gut and beyond,” Katz said about future ventures for athlete’s foot, jock itch and constipation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Co-host Maya Jama then joked that Kemp had athlete's foot, which would have been a decent joke if they'd been drinking from his shoe.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

Herbalists recommend calendula lotions, creams, and ointments for chapped skin, eczema, minor cuts and burns, diaper rash, insect bites, hemorrhoids, athlete’s foot, and varicose veins.

From National Geographic • Feb. 7, 2024

We often picture them as mushrooms, yeasts, lichen — or sometimes even athlete’s foot.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

It’s like saying the Greeks died of mumps, or the proud Romans died on their beautiful hills of athlete’s foot!

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury



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