candida albicans

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1. a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	candida,
definition	:	any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	candidiasis, monilia disease, moniliasis,
definition	:	an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans) (noun.state)

member meronym	:	genus candida,
definition	:	a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae (noun.plant)