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 .