MONILIASIS

candidiasis, moniliasis, monilia disease

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

moniliasis (plural moniliases)

candidiasis, oral candidiasis

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

14 June 2025

FELLOW

(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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