See Also: Dermicidin(health)
Tonton(dictionary)
Tonton Macoute(dictionary)

Tonton Macoute (iou) and Dermicidin (health)


Tonton Macoute (iou)



Tonton Macoute noun. Pl. -s -s (pronounced same). M20.
[Haitian French, said to allude to an ogre of folk-tales.]
A member of a militia formed in 1961 by President F. Duvalier of Haiti, notorious for its brutal and arbitrary behaviour and disbanded in 1986.

Dermicidin (health)


A potent anti-infective agent that is a natural component of sweat. The first antimicrobial agent found that is produced by cells in the skin, dermicidin is reportedly active against many different types of bacteria (including Escherichia coli (E. coli), Enterococcus faecalis, and Staphylococcus (Staph) aureus) and the common fungus Candida albicans. B102Dermicidin is also the name of the gene that encodes the protein product, dermicidin.