黄おう癬せん菌きん

noun

achorion fungus

Medical term for a type of fungus that causes favus (a skin disease). Rare in everyday language; mainly found in medical or historical contexts.

• 黄おう癬せん菌きんは、頭とう部ぶ白はく癬せんの原げん因いん菌きんの一ひとつとして知しられている。

  Achorion fungus is known as one of the causative agents of tinea capitis.