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candidiosis

candidiosis is the alternative form of candidiasis.

Meaning of candidiasis

Noun

candidiasis (countable and uncountable, plural candidiases)

  1. A fungal infection due to any species of yeasts in the genus Candida or those that were formerly classified in the genus Candida but are now classified in the genus Candidozyma.
    • Near-synonyms: yeast infection (precisely hypernymous), thrush (oral or vaginal forms)

Questions about candidiosis

What is candidiosis the alternative form of?
Candidiosis is the alternative form of candidiasis.

Words near candidiosis in the dictionary

  1. candidiases
  2. candidiasis
  3. candidicidal
  4. candidid
  5. candidids
  6. candidiosis
  7. candidity
  8. candidly
  9. candidness
  10. candidoses
  11. candidosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candidiosis (page history and authors); candidiasis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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