anticandida

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adjective

Acting to combat or prevent an infection with the yeast Candida albicans

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Meanings

adjectiveanticandida (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineActing to combat or prevent an infection with the yeast Candida albicans

    With nothing to lose at this stage, Truss gave the patient a known anticandida medication, and almost miraculously the symptoms disappeared and the man quickly recovered.

    1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From anti- + candida.

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Translations

Portuguese anticândida
  • anticândidaacting to combat or prevent candida infection
Cite this entry
APA

anticandida. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticandida

MLA

“anticandida.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticandida. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticandida,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticandida.

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