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CANDIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candida mean? 

CANDIDA (noun)
  The noun CANDIDA has 1 sense:

1. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candidaplay

  Familiarity information: CANDIDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANDIDA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("candida" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candida"):

Candida albicans; Monilia albicans (a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina)

Holonyms ("candida" is a member of...):

genus Candida (a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae)


 Context examples 


Patients with AIDS are especially susceptible to opportunistic infections (usually pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, tuberculosis, candida infections, and cryptococcosis), and the development of malignant neoplasms (usually non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma).

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Infection of the esophagus caused by fungi, most often candida albicans and candida tropicalis.

(Fungal Esophagitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Candida albicans allergenic extract may be used as a recall antigen to stimulate the immune system against HPV.

(HPV-16 E6 Peptides Vaccine/Candida albicans Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of HPV-16 E6 peptides vaccine/Candida albicans extract, the four HPV-16 E6 peptides and the candida albicans may activate the immune system to mount a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against cells expressing the E6 oncoprotein, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(HPV-16 E6 Peptides Vaccine/Candida albicans Extract, NCI Thesaurus)



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