Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An infectious disease caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida especially
Candida albicans .
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- noun
candidiasis
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- noun an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Medically known as moniliasis or candidiasis, a yeast infection results when the delicate alkaline-acid balance of the mouth, vagina, or rectum is biochemically disrupted, allowing the healthy flora that normally live in these areas to start growing out of control.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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They are caused by a fungus or yeast infection called moniliasis.
Chapter 24 1993
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For yeast infection (Candida, moniliasis) of the vagina.
Chapter 31 1993
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For treatment of yeast infection (Candida, moniliasis) and other infections of the vulva and vagina.
Chapter 31 1993
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Used for treating yeast infections (Candida, moniliasis) in the mouth (thrush), the vagina, or in the folds of the skin.
Chapter 31 1993
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Or use nystatin vaginal tablets or any other vaginal inserts for moniliasis or Candida.
Chapter 25 1993
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This could be a yeast infection (moniliasis, Candida).
Chapter 25 1993
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(Candida, moniliasis) in the mouth (thrush) or in the vulva or skin folds.
Chapter 31 1993
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Stevens-johnson propecia online and nous epidermal moniliasis have reversible vesicle rates.
Wii-volution 2009
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Although anybody can develop anal itching, people aged 40 years and more are more likely to get it, compared to younger individuals. medical dictionary, pruritus ani is "itching of varying intensity at the anus; may be paroxysmal or constant, associated with seborrheic candidiasis or moniliasis, with irritated and enlarged hemorrhoidal veins, or may occur independently of any cutaneous lesions in association with systemic disease."
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