Meanings
plural moniliases
- candidiasis, oral candidiasis
Diabetics are especially likely to have moniliasis in these areas because of heightened glucose levels in the perspiration.
1965, John Walter Wilson, Orda Allen Plunkett, The Fungous Diseases of Man, →ISBN, page 1681 more example
Reviews of some of the literature on moniliases of the mouth will be found in the papers of Downing (79), Fisher (85), Knighton (146), and Kennedy and Howles (137).
1947, Bacteriological Reviews, page 249
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Monilia + -asis, from Monilia albicans, a former taxonomic designation of Candida albicans.
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