CANDIDA

candida

(noun) any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

candida (plural candidas)

(medicine, informal) A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans

Source: Wiktionary



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LEPTOMENINGES

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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