"echinocandin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: echinocandins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} echinocandin (plural echinocandins)
  1. Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall. Wikipedia link: echinocandin Derived forms: aminocandin Related terms: papulacandin
    Sense id: en-echinocandin-en-noun-KXA7iBw5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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