-fəˌtän noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from epiderm- + Greek phyton plant
in some classifications : a genus comprising dermatophytes that are held to be causative agents of athlete's foot and tinea cruris, now usually being considered to include a single species ( E. floccosum, syn. E. inguinale and E. cruris ), and sometimes suppressed as a synonym of Trichophyton