MONILIA ALBICANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monilia albicans mean? 

• MONILIA ALBICANS (noun)
  The noun MONILIA ALBICANS has 1 sense:

1. a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina

  Familiarity information: MONILIA ALBICANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONILIA ALBICANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Candida albicans; Monilia albicans

Hypernyms ("Monilia albicans" is a kind of...):

candida (any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida)

Holonyms ("Monilia albicans" is a part of...):

candidiasis; monilia disease; moniliasis (an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans))

Holonyms ("Monilia albicans" is a member of...):

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