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MENTAGROPHYTON

\mˈɛntɐɡɹəfˌɪtən], \mˈɛntɐɡɹəfˌɪtən], \m_ˈɛ_n_t_ɐ_ɡ_ɹ_ə_f_ˌɪ_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of MENTAGROPHYTON

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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[Greek] The Micro-sporon mentagrophytes.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

The fungus Microsporon mentagrophyles causiug sycosis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The fungus Trichophyton or Microsporon mentagrophytes, the cause of a form of sycosis. [Lat. + Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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