candida

candida

See also: Candida, cándida, cândida, and Cándida

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Candida, from Latin candidā.

Noun

candida (plural candidas)

1. (medicine, informal) A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans
   • 1988, January 22, “Robert McClory”, in The Yeast of Our Problems‎:

     "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
• candida-like

Translations

yeast of the genus Candida

Japanese: 鵞口瘡菌 (がこうそうきん, gakōsōkin) Portuguese: cândida (pt) f

See also

• candida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• candida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Italian

Noun

candida f (plural candide)

1. candida (fungus)

Related terms

• candidosi

Adjective

candida

1. feminine singular of candido

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

candida

1. inflection of candidare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

Adjective

candida

1. inflection of candidus:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective

candidā

1. feminine ablative singular of candidus

References

• candida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin Candida.

Noun

candida f (uncountable)

1. thrush

Declension

declension of candida (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) candida	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative