FUNGAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fungal mean? 

• FUNGAL (adjective)
  The adjective FUNGAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to fungi

  Familiarity information: FUNGAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNGAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fungi

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

fungal; fungous

Pertainym:

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Derivation:

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

 Context examples 

This alters fungal membrane permeability and causes growth inhibition.

(Butenafine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Butoconazole interferes with steroid biosynthesis by inhibiting the conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol, thereby changing the fungal cell membrane lipid composition.

(Butoconazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Butoconazole nitrate interferes with steroid biosynthesis by inhibiting the conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol, thereby changing the fungal cell membrane lipid composition.

(Butoconazole Nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Caspofungin inhibits 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, resulting in decreased synthesis of beta(1,3)-D-glucan (an essential component of the fungal cell wall), weakening of the fungal cell wall, and fungal cell wall rupture.

(Caspofungin, NCI Thesaurus)

This may inhibit fungal cell growth.

(Basifungin, NCI Thesaurus)

These mechanisms include inhibition of fungal mitosis, impairing synthesis or binding to ergosterol, inhibition of RNA or DNA synthesis, and interfering with other fungal metabolic processes.

(Antifungal Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic isolated from the fungus Cephalosporium aphidicola and other fungal species with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Aphidicoline Glycinate, NCI Thesaurus)

An infectious fungal disease that occurs most often in the skin, ears, nasal sinuses, and lungs of people with suppressed immune systems.

(Aspergillosis, NCI Dictionary)

A bacterial, fungal, or parasitic abscess that develops in the cerebral hemispheres.

(Cerebral Abscess, NCI Thesaurus)

Clotrimazole inhibits biosynthesis of sterols, particularly ergosterol, an essential component of the fungal cell membrane, thereby damaging and affecting the permeability of the cell membrane.

(Clotrimazole, NCI Thesaurus)