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Antifungal vs Candida - What's the difference?

antifungal | candida |

As adjectives the difference between antifungal and candida

is that antifungal is that inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic while candida is .

As a noun antifungal

is (medicine) a drug that inhibits the growth of fungi.

antifungal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic

    • Derived terms

    * antifungally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi

    • candida

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (medicine, informal) A yeast of the genus Candida'', usually specifically ''Candida albicans
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, January 22, Robert McClory, The Yeast of Our Problems, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage="What we're finding," says Marshall, "is that if we lean only on candida and don't treat other molds affecting the system, we fail. }}

    Derived terms

    * anticandida * anticandidal

    See also

    * ("candida" on Wikipedia) * ("candida" species on Wikimedia) ----