Translingual

Proper noun

Candida f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Saccharomycetaceae – several yeasts, some of which cause fungal infections such as thrush.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Saccharomycotina - subphylum; Saccharomycetes - class; Saccharomycetales - order; Saccharomycetaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Candida (fungus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for species.

English

Noun

candida ‎(plural candidas)

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

     "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

Translations

See also

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

Italian

Noun

candida f ‎(plural candide)

1. candida (fungus)

Related terms

• candidosi

Adjective

candida

1. feminine singular of candido

Verb

candida

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

Latin

Adjective

candida

1. inflection of candidus:
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. feminine vocative singular
   3. neuter nominative singular
   4. neuter accusative singular
   5. neuter vocative singular

Adjective

candidā

1. feminine ablative singular of candidus

References

• CANDIDA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)