yeast infection

American  

[yeest in-fek-shuhn] / ˈyist ɪnˌfɛk ʃən /

noun

1. an infection caused by fungi of the genus Candida, occurring especially in the vagina, mouth, or respiratory tract; candidiasis.

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Etymology

Origin of yeast infection

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

And since late 2021, she said, she had been billed $32 for each of three email threads, seeking treatments for psoriasis, eczema and a yeast infection from providers at Novant Health in Charlotte, N.C.

From New York Times

While relatively harmless to those in good health, the yeast infection can be deadly to seriously ill hospital patients, residents of long-term care facilities and others with weakened immune systems.

From New York Times

The finding, released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an alarming development in the evolution of C. auris, a tenacious yeast infection discovered in Japan in 2009 that has since spread across much of the world.

From New York Times

One woman who turned up at a Complete Women Care clinic said that, after desperately seeking treatment at an ER one Saturday night for a nasty yeast infection, she got a bill in the mail for $1,500.

From Los Angeles Times

You can open this novel anywhere and find lines like: “He is so disgusting it makes you wonder about his poo”; “he considered the raccoon to be the least susceptible of all animals to moral instruction”; “Feeding off her elan vital like a yeast infection”; “in the space of a few months we got the ‘wheel,’ eggs and the Awkward Silence.”

From New York Times