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dermatophytosis


  • n  fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing)

  • To combat athlete's foot (dermatophytosis)the itch caused by the toe-burrowing fungi dermatophytes which infest locker rooms and swimming poolsthere are at least a hundred .
  • The description by Fred DeForest Weidman of Philadelphia of the skin infection technically called dermatophytosis, popularly ringworm, and in certain advertisements "athlete .

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