moniliasis

English

Etymology

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