| 释义 |
ep·i·der·moph·y·ton
\-fəˌtän\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from epiderm- + Greek phyton plant
in some classifications : a genus comprising dermatophytes that are held to be causative agents of athlete's foot and tinea cruris, now usually being considered to include a single species (E. floccosum, syn. E. inguinale and E. cruris), and sometimes suppressed as a synonym of Trichophyton |