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Candida
1[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- a female given name.
Candida
2[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.
candida
3[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
candida
/ ˈæԻɪə /
noun
- any yeastlike parasitic fungus of the genus Candida, esp C. albicans, which causes thrush ( candidiasis )
candida
/ ă′ĭ-ə /
- Any of the yeastlike deuteromycete fungi of the genus Candida that are normally present on the skin and in the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina. Certain species may become pathogenic, especially C. albicans, which causes thrush and other infections.
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of Candida1
Example Sentences
Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause life-threatening illness.
Candida auris, a type of yeast that can cause life-threatening illness, was first identified in the U.S. in 2016 with 52 infections reported across the country, according to the U.S.
“Most of the patients that get infections with Candida auris are themselves pretty sick to start with,” said Stuart Cohen, chief of infectious diseases at UC Davis.
They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and even turn less-charismatic animals like cicadas into horrifyingly mutilated zombies.
They first colonized germ-free mice with Candida to see what the fungus consumed to bloom.
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