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Antifungal vs Echinocandin - What's the difference?

antifungal | echinocandin |

As nouns the difference between antifungal and echinocandin

is that antifungal is (medicine) a drug that inhibits the growth of fungi while echinocandin is any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

As an adjective antifungal

is that inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.

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

    • echinocandin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia echinocandin)
  • Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

    • See also

    * papulacandin