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NOUN:

Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida that are normally present on the skin and in the mucous membranes of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina, and that may become pathogenic, especially C. albicans, the causative agent of thrush.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin, feminine of candidus, white ; see candid

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