Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dermatophyte

Dermatophyte (dẽr*mat"o*fīt or dẽr"mȧ*to*fīt) , noun

[Greek de`rma, -atos, skin + fyto`n plant.]

(Medicine) A fungus infecting and parasitic on the skin, especially one which causes disease; as, ringworm is caused by a dermatophyte.