moniliasis

English

Etymology

Monilia +‎ -asis, from a former taxonomic designation, Monilia albicans.

Noun

moniliasis (plural moniliases)

  1. 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.
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