Anticandida

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Acting to combat or prevent an infection with the yeast Candida albicans not-comparable

    "With nothing to lose at this stage, Truss gave the patient a known anticandida medication, and almost miraculously the symptoms disappeared and the man quickly recovered."

Example

More examples

"With nothing to lose at this stage, Truss gave the patient a known anticandida medication, and almost miraculously the symptoms disappeared and the man quickly recovered."

Etymology

From anti- + candida.

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