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moniliasis

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[mon-uh-lahy-uh-sis, moh-nuh-] / ˌmɒn əˈlaɪ ə sɪs, ˌmoʊ nə- /

noun

Pathology.
  1. (formerly) candidiasis.


Etymology

Origin of moniliasis

1915–20; monil(ia) + -iasis; a fungus of this genus was originally thought to have been the causative agent of the disease


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