noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various skin diseases caused by fungi. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   fungal infection of the skin (especially of moist parts covered by clothing) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dermatophytosis

Etymology

From dermato- + mycosis.

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