See Also: trichophyton(dictionary)
trichophyton(medicine)
Trichophyton violaceum(medicine)
Trichophyton verrucosum(medicine)
Trichophyton tonsurans(medicine)
Trichophyton simii(medicine)
Trichophyton schoenleinii(medicine)
Trichophyton rubrum(medicine)
Trichophyton mentagrophytes(medicine)
Trichophyton megninii(medicine)

trichophyton (iou)



trichophyton noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), formed as TRICHO-1 + Greek phuton plant.]
A minute parasitic fungus of the genus Trichophyton, which infects the skin, hair, and nails; esp. T. tonsurans, which causes the disease ringworm, or T. schoenleini, which causes favus. Also collect., this genus of fungi.
trichophyton fungus, trichophyton infection, etc.
trichophytic adjective of or pertaining to a trichophyte L19.
trichophy'tosis noun infection with trichophyton L19.