Associations to the word «Candida»
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Wiktionary
CANDIDA, noun. (medicine) (informal) A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
CANDIDA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Saccharomycetaceae — several yeasts, some of which cause fungal infections such as thrush.
CANDIDA ALBICANS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the order Saccharomycetales — a diploid asexual fungus (a form of yeast), the overgrowth of which results in candidiasis in immunocompromised patients.
Dictionary definition
CANDIDA, noun. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.