Candida albicans

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Candida albicans - a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina

Monilia albicans

genus Candida - a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae

candida - any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida

candidiasis, monilia disease, moniliasis - an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)

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