Taber's Medical Dictionary
Trichophyton
(trĭ-kŏf′ĭt-ŏn )
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A genus of parasitic fungi that lives in or on the skin or its appendages (hair and nails) and is the cause of various dermatomycoses and ringworm infections. Species that produce spores arranged in rows on the outside of the hair are designated ectothrix; if spores are within the hair, endothrix.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Trichophyton." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758542/all/Trichophyton.
Trichophyton. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758542/all/Trichophyton. Accessed April 19, 2026.
Trichophyton. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758542/all/Trichophyton
Trichophyton [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758542/all/Trichophyton.
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