"candida" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: candidas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Candida, from Latin candida. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|mul|Candida}} Borrowed from translingual Candida, {{der|en|la|candida}} Latin candida Head templates: {{en-noun}} candida (plural candidas)
  1. (medicine, informal) A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans Tags: informal Categories (topical): Medicine Categories (lifeform): Fungi Derived forms: anticandida, anticandidal, candida-like, candidastatic Translations (yeast of the genus Candida): 鵞口瘡菌 (gakōsōkin) (alt: がこうそうきん) (Japanese), cândida [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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