Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various parasitic fungi that cause infections of the skin, hair, or nails.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant that grows upon the skin; a fungus of a low type which is parasitic upon the skin of men and other animals, causing various diseases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A fungus infecting and parasitic on the skin, especially one which causes disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A parasitic
fungus (mycosis ) that infects the skin (tinea ,ringworm ,jock itch ,athlete's foot ).
Etymologies
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Wii-volution 2010
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Most cases of the fungal skin infection known as athlete's foot are caused by a dermatophyte (fungal skin parasite / skin fungus) called Trichophyton rubrum.
unknown title 2009
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Though Trichophyton rubrum is the most common dermatophyte that causes nail fungal infections,
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