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Definition of Dermatophytes
1. dermatophyte [n] - See also: dermatophyte
Medical Definition of Dermatophytes
1. A fungus parasitic upon the skin. The term embraces the imperfect fungi of the genera epidermophyton, microsporum and trichophyton. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dermatophytes
Literary usage of Dermatophytes
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)
"dermatophytes grow readily as saprobes. The characteristic spore producing growth
may be replaced by a sterile mycelium. This phenomenon, which is known as ..."
2. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"Our knowledge of the dermatophytes dates from ... The more important varieties
of dermatophytes have been cultivated and show certain common characteristics ..."
3. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"After inoculation with the fungus of pityriasis versicolor only pityriasis
versicolor resulted. Although the various dermatophytes, ..."
4. Selected Monographs on Dermatology by Henry William Blanc, Ludwig Berger, Louis A. Duhring, Edward Bennet Bronson, Paul Gerson Unna, Ludwig Nielsen, Prince Albert Morrow (1893)
"Mi Ï The above considerations as to the relatively small power «f proof of negative
results, together with the constantly increasing number of dermatophytes ..."
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