moniliasis
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Monilia + -asis, from Monilia albicans, a former taxonomic designation of Candida albicans.
Noun
[edit]moniliasis (plural moniliases)
- candidiasis, oral candidiasis
- 1947, Bacteriological Reviews, page 249:
- Reviews of some of the literature on moniliases of the mouth will be found in the papers of Downing (79), Fisher (85), Knighton (146), and Kennedy and Howles (137).
- 1965, John Walter Wilson, Orda Allen Plunkett, The Fungous Diseases of Man, →ISBN, page 168:
- Diabetics are especially likely to have moniliasis in these areas because of heightened glucose levels in the perspiration.