Medical Dictionary

trichophyton

noun tricho·phy·ton
\ˌtrik-ə-ˈfī-ˌtän, tri-ˈkäf-ə-ˌtän\

Medical Definition of TRICHOPHYTON

1
capitalized :  a genus of ringworm fungi of the family Moniliaceae that have hyaline single-celled spores and are parasitic in the skin and hair follicles of humans and lower mammals—see epidermophyton
2
:  any fungus of the genus Trichophyton

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