genus microsporum

1. 1.

   a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm

   SynonymsMicrosporum

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofMoniliaceae

Questions about genus microsporum

What does genus microsporum mean?

genus microsporum means "a genus of fungus of the family Moniliaceae; causes ringworm".

What is another word for genus microsporum?

Close synonyms include Microsporum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus microsporum a common word?

genus microsporum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.