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candidal

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the genus Candida of yeasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • For candidal vaginitis, various regimens of topical antifungal agents are the mainstay of treatment.
  • 2000, Egan, Mari E., MD and Lipsky, Martin S.,MD, Diagnosis of Vaginitis, American Family Physician, pages 2000 Sep 1;62(5):1095-1104. "Establishing Candida species as the cause of vaginitis can be difficult because as many as 50 percent of asymptomatic women have candidal organisms as part of their endogenous vaginal flora."

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History

Etymology

From translingual Candida, a taxonomic genus, within the family Candidaceae (a type of yeast), + -al.