ANTIMYCOTIC AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antimycotic agent mean? 

• ANTIMYCOTIC AGENT (noun)
  The noun ANTIMYCOTIC AGENT has 1 sense:

1. any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

  Familiarity information: ANTIMYCOTIC AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIMYCOTIC AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antifungal; antifungal agent; antimycotic; antimycotic agent; fungicide

Hypernyms ("antimycotic agent" is a kind of...):

agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antimycotic agent"):

Bordeaux mixture (antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime)

Fulvicin; griseofulvin (a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium)

Clioquinol; iodochlorhydroxyquin (drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot))

itraconazole; Sporanox (an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease)

miconazole; Monistat (an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat))

Mycostatin; Nystan; nystatin (an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes)

Lamisil; terbinafine (an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease)

thiabendazole (an antifungal agent and anthelmintic)

crystal violet; gentian violet (a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment)

 Context examples 

In addition, the antimycotic agent nystatin is often added to stop fungal growth.

(Magic Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)

An imidazole derivative and broad-spectrum antimycotic agent with fungistatic properties.

(Econazole Nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

A topical antimycotic agent for the treatment of dermatomycoses.

(Buclosamide, NCI Thesaurus)