DERMATOPHYTE

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Der‐mat″o‐phyte (dẽr‐măt″ō̍‐fīt or dẽr″mȧ‐tō̍‐fīt), n. [[Gr. δέρμα, -ατοσ, skin + φυτόν plant.]] (Med.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.