monilia disease

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscandidiasismoniliasis

   Broaderfungal infection

   Narrowerthrush

   PartsCandida albicansvaginitis

Questions about monilia disease

What does monilia disease mean?

monilia disease means "an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)".

What is another word for monilia disease?

Close synonyms include candidiasis, moniliasis. 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 monilia disease a common word?

monilia disease 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.