|trikə|fīˌtän, trə̇ˈkäfəˌt- noun
Etymology: New Latin, from trich- + Greek phyton plant — more at phyt-
1. capitalized : a genus of ringworm fungi (family Moniliaceae) having hyaline single-celled spores and being parasitic in the skin and hair follicles of man and lower mammals — compare epidermophyton
2. plural trichophy·ta -əd.ə also trichophytons : any fungus of the genus Trichophyton