Moniliasis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    candidiasis, oral candidiasis

    "Reviews of some of the literature on moniliases of the mouth will be found in the papers of Downing (79), Fisher (85), Knighton (146), and Kennedy and Howles (137)."

  2. 2
    an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) wordnet

Synonyms

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candidiasiscandidiasismonilia disease

Example

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"Reviews of some of the literature on moniliases of the mouth will be found in the papers of Downing (79), Fisher (85), Knighton (146), and Kennedy and Howles (137)."

Etymology

From Monilia + -asis, from Monilia albicans, a former taxonomic designation of Candida albicans.

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oral candidiasis

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