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trichophyte|ˈtrɪkəfaɪt|
Chiefly in mod.L. form triˈchophyton.
[f. Gr. θρίξ, τριχ- hair + ϕυτόν plant.]
A genus of minute fungi, parasitic on the skin; esp. the species Trichophyton tonsurans, which produces ringworm.
1862H. Macmillan in Macm. Mag. Oct. 463/1 Another variety of tric[h]ophyton or hair-plant which luxuriates on the beard. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 70 The trichophyton, giving rise to three affections, tinea circinata, tinea tonsurans, and tinea sycosis. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxvii. 579 Itching rings, or segments of rings, of trichophyton infection. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 779 Conglomerative pustular perifolliculitis..due to one of the trichophyton fungi. Ibid. 855 Sabouraud thinks it probable that the trichophytes, or some of them, may exist independently as saprophytes.
Hence trichophytic |-ˈfɪtɪk| a., of or pertaining to a trichophyte; trichophyˈtosis: see quot. 1890.
1890Billings Med. Dict., Trichophytosis, disease of the skin produced by the tric[h]ophyton fungus. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 854 It is rare to find the same species of large-spored fungus in any two cases of trichophytic ringworm. Ibid. 863 Lesions of trichophytic appearance. Ibid., Lesions having the circinate form..characteristic of trichophytosis. |