MONILIA DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monilia disease mean? 

• MONILIA DISEASE (noun)
  The noun MONILIA DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)

  Familiarity information: MONILIA DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONILIA DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

candidiasis; monilia disease; moniliasis

Hypernyms ("monilia disease" is a kind of...):

fungal infection; mycosis (an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus)

Meronyms (parts of "monilia disease"):

Candida albicans; Monilia albicans (a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina)

vaginitis (inflammation of the vagina (usually associated with candidiasis))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monilia disease"):

thrush (candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults)