n 1  cap  :  a genus of ringworm fungi of the family Moniliaceae that have hyaline single-celled spores and are parasitic in the skin and hair follicles of humans and lower mammals - see EPIDERMOPHYTON   2  :  any fungus of the genus Trichophyton .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  tricho·phy·tin 
 
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