1923; < New Latin; Latin: feminine of candidus bright, light; see candid
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Candida auris, also called Candidozyma auris, is now recognized as a serious global health threat and appears on the World Health Organization's critical priority fungal pathogens list.
From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025
Cocker said they'd only attend if it was a "life or death situation", while keyboard player Candida Doyle told BBC 6 Music that organisers "weren't interested" in booking them.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause life-threatening illness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025
They can cause dangerous diseases like Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida auris among our own kind, massacre beloved fellow animals like frogs and bats and even turn less-charismatic animals like cicadas into horrifyingly mutilated zombies.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024
"Alas! my princess, that it should be necessary to pour words of grief into thy sweet ears," said Candida, sorrowfully.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by Dalton, William
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