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trichophyton (iou) and longshanks (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.

longshanks (medicine)


longshanks
<zoology> The stilt.

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