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Candida
1[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- a female given name.
Candida
2[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw.
candida
3[ kan-di-duh ]
noun
- any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
candida
/ ˈkændɪdə /
noun
- any yeastlike parasitic fungus of the genus Candida, esp C. albicans, which causes thrush ( candidiasis )
candida
/ kăn′dĭ-də /
- Any of the yeastlike deuteromycete fungi of the genus Candida that are normally present on the skin and in the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina. Certain species may become pathogenic, especially C. albicans, which causes thrush and other infections.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of Candida1
Example Sentences
Professor Candida Moss look at other Biblical directives that could get you killed.
A brief film by Candida Richardson rounds off the exhibition.
Candida Moss on how we were all vegans in Eden and other Biblical diets that you may (not) want to follow today.
Professor Candida Moss on what else the Fox host gets wrong—and what he leaves out.
Professor Candida Moss on the scary way of angels in the Bible.
Adolph Candida was her music teacher, who, alone of the young men in Crompton, had free access to the house.
He seemed to hate the name of Candida, and was jealous of him in his grave, and would never let me speak of him.
The chief interest in the church is the so-called shrine of St. Candida opened twenty years ago during repairs to the church wall.
That is Canossa—the alba Canossa, the candida petra of its rhyming chronicler.
Candida had been considered a great beauty in the village they had left, but she knew she was prettier than Candida.
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