Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida that are normally present on the skin and in the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, and that may become pathogenic, especially C. albicans, the causative agent of thrush.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine, informal A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida
Etymologies
- Latin, feminine of candidus, white; see candid. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Yeast infections are caused by a fungus called candida, which is a normal resident of our skin and the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestines, and vagina.”
“A fungus called candida disturbs the immune system of the body, due to which there is over production of histamine, giving rise to this condition.”
“A problem called candida, or candida overgrowth, is a common fungal problem that develops after using antibiotics without replenishing your healthy bacteria with probiotics.”
“I keep meaning to write something about yeast, aka candida albicans, because it's linked to fertility problems, I think largely because it's a signal of a weakened immune system.”
“Almost never, but there is one condition, a fungal infection called candida albicans or thrush, which can occur, especially after anti-biotic treatment.”
“The American Academy of Allergy and Immunology labels the candida connection "speculative and unproven.”
“And secondarily because the maple syrup in it feeds a fungal problem that most people already have a problem with, called candida overgrowth.”
“Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).”
“In addition, pre-operative antibiotics and antibiotic coating of the implanted device (the routinely used strategy for eliminating skin bacteria), is ineffective against fungi, such as candida albicans, which account for 10\% of post-operative infections.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘candida’.
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Yes We Can
can-, -can, or even -can-.
candelabra, parcan, incantation, Canada, candida, Candide, toucan, can-can, cancan, cannabis, incandescent, canticle and 26 more...
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diseases that make lovely baby girl's...
usually i try to restrict this to sexually transmitted diseases, but some of the others are just so musical. Syphilis, it should be noted, would make a lovely boy's name, but that is outside the sc...
gonorrhea, chlamydia, roseola, rubella, angina, atrophy, candida, cholera, jaundice, palsy, leukemia, alopecia and 50 more...
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dark and bright words of shine and fi...
scotophil, scotoma, scotia, shed, shadow, shade, scone, whiting, edelweiss, light, lightning, lucina and 349 more...
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Beautiful Words For Unpleasant Things
Mainly medical....
diarrhoea, dysphoria, anhedonia, dysphasia, eviscerate, carcinoma, purulent, pungent, horror, furuncle, cirrhosis, borborygmus and 47 more...
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Lovely Words for Ugly Things
What do you mean, that's a bad thing?
lubricious, obloquy, inveigh, pernicious, blackguard, asinine, loathsome, insipid, pandemonium, bastinado, hirsute, amanita and 19 more...
Tweets
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ruzuzu Yesterday I attended an auction of items from the estate of a former English professor. The auctioneer was unfamiliar with the titles of some of the leather-bound books. "This one is Eur... Eur...." Folks in the front rows called out, "Euripedes?" Another was "Uh, Voltaire's... Candida...." When the auctioneer struggled with Oedipus, a guy ahead of me tried to help him out by yelling that it's a book about a guy who really loves his mother. Jul 25, 2010
treeseed Candida is the name of a song that went to # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, by Dawn (before they became Tony Orlando and Dawn) Feb 8, 2008
sonofgroucho I wouldn't make rash assumptions like that---we do have a very diverse membership. Dec 2, 2007
vanishedone Fungi can be perfect, though (in a certain biological sense); I assume no fungi have Wordie accounts, but I'm not really in a position to prove it. Dec 2, 2007
sonofgroucho After all, none of us is perfect, are we VanishedOne? Dec 2, 2007
vanishedone As far as I can gather from a quick Web search, an imperfect fungus is one whose reproduction we don't fully understand. It seems rather derogatory. Dec 2, 2007