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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually localized infection, as of the vagina or mucous membranes of the mouth, caused by fungi of the genus Candida, especially C. albicans.
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- noun medicine Any infection by a
fungus of the genusCandida ;candidiasis
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chained_bear commented on the word yeast infection
More properly called yeast overgrowth, since the organisms reside in the (healthy) area anyway.
April 15, 2009