moniliasis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscandidiasismonilia disease

   Broaderfungal infection

   Narrowerthrush

   PartsCandida albicansvaginitis

Other forms of moniliasis

plural

moniliasises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about moniliasis

What does moniliasis mean?

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

How many syllables are in moniliasis?

moniliasis has 5 syllables: mo-ni-li-a-sis. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for moniliasis?

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

moniliasis 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.