Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name given to one of the three principal dermatophytes, or epiphytes of the skin.
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It will be sufficient here to refer to the forms, achorion, trichophyton, oïdium, aspergillus, and the diseases produced by them, favus, ringworm, and thrush, to show this peculiarity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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Solely to the invasion of the cutaneous structures, especially the epidermal portion, by the vegetable parasite, the _achorion
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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