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yeastlike

yeastlike adjective: resembling or having characteristics of yeast.

Adjective

yeastlike (comparative more yeastlike, superlative most yeastlike)

  1. Resembling or having characteristics of yeast
    • Under certain conditions, it seems, candida can change from its yeastlike, noninvasive state into a parasitic fungus that spreads like wildfire through the gut.1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of yeastlike

comparativemore yeastlike
superlativemost yeastlike

Origin of yeastlike

From yeast + -like.

Questions about yeastlike

What does yeastlike mean?
Yeastlike means resembling or having characteristics of yeast.
What part of speech is yeastlike?
Yeastlike is an adjective.

Words near yeastlike in the dictionary

  1. yeastiest
  2. yeastily
  3. yeastiness
  4. yeasting
  5. yeastless
  6. yeastlike
  7. yeastolate
  8. yeastolates
  9. yeasts
  10. yeasty
  11. yeasty beasties

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