Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Fungi Imperfecti, type of the family Moniliaceæ, having erect branched conidiophores bearing chains of conidia. M. fructigena and M. cinerea are known to be conidial conditions of the discomycetous genus Sclerotinia. They are the destructive fruit-molds which attack the peach, plum, cherry, etc. See
fruit- mold, peachblight, rot, andSclerotinia .
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- noun any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Monilia
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Examples
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Some vaginal infections—like monilia yeast or trichomoniasis—can be present in a nonacute, visually unnoticeable form.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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While oral monilia infections are usually caused by antibiotic medication, they can also be transmitted via oral sex.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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Since that medication can exacerbate monilia symptoms and actually worsen this infection, treatment for trichomoniasis should never be accepted without proper documentation that the disease does indeed exist in your system.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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I have often seen monilia infections mistaken for trichomoniasis and consequently mistreated with metronidazole.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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Caligulae, 55: "_Incitato equo, cuius causa pridie circenses, ne inquietaretur, viciniae silentium per milites indicere solebat, praeter equile marmoreum et praesepe eburneum praeterque purpurea tegumenta ac monilia e gemmis, domum etiam et familiam et suppellectilem dedit, quo lautius nomine eius invitati acciperentur; consulatum quoque traditur destinasse. _"
Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Henry Vaughan 1658
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi and the commonest is a germ called candida albicans (formerly as monilia).
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