antifungal agent

1. 1.

   any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

   Synonymsantifungalfungicideantimycoticantimycotic agent

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Questions about antifungal agent

What does antifungal agent mean?

antifungal agent means "any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi".

What is another word for antifungal agent?

Close synonyms include antifungal, fungicide, antimycotic, antimycotic agent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antifungal agent a common word?

antifungal agent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.