candida

See also: Candida, cándida, cândida, Cándida, and Cândida

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Candida, from Latin candida.

Noun

candida (plural candidas)

1. (medicine, informal) A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
   • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     "What we're finding," says Marshall, "is that if we lean only on candida and don't treat other molds affecting the system, we fail.

Derived terms

• anticandida
• anticandidal
• candida-like
• candidastatic

 

Translations

yeast of the genus Candida

• Japanese: 鵞口瘡菌 (がこうそうきん, gakōsōkin)
• Portuguese: cândida (pt) f

See also

• candida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• candida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.di.da/
• Rhymes: -andida
• Hyphenation: càn‧di‧da

Etymology 1

Noun

candida f (plural candide)

1. candida (fungus)

Related terms

• candidosi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

candida

1. feminine singular of candido

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

candida

1. inflection of candidare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

candida

1. inflection of candidus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective

candidā

1. feminine ablative singular of candidus

References

• candida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Candida.

Noun

candida f (uncountable)

1. thrush

Declension

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