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Word: microsporon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Misnamed more than 500 years ago, ringworm is caused not by a worm but by a fungus, usually Microsporon audouini. In North America the commonest fungus disease is popularly called "athlete's foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Itchy Town | 11/13/1950 | See Source »

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