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Definition of Dermatophyte
1. n. A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.
Definition of Dermatophyte
1. Noun. A parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dermatophyte
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dermatophyte
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermatophyte
Literary usage of Dermatophyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Spontaneous outbreaks of dermatophytosis among laboratory animals are not uncommon,
and there have been numerous reports of proven or probable dermatophyte ..."
2. A Dictionary of Medicine: Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics by Richard Quain, Frederick Thomas Roberts, John Mitchell Bruce, Samuel Treat Armstrong (1894)
"The trichophyton is the dermatophyte of tinea and sycosis, and is found in the
substance of the hair as well as in the epidermis. ..."
3. On Diseases of the Skin, Including the Exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra, Charles Hilton Fagge, Moriz Kaposi (1880)
"During its further progress, however, the dermatophyte may set up symptoms of
reaction in the subjacent cutis—hyperaemia (redness), serous exudation ..."
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