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Monilia

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Monilia /Mo·nil·ia/ (mo-nil´e-ah)
1. former name for Candida.
2. a genus of imperfect fungi of the family Moniliaceae.

Mo·nil·i·a (m-nl-)
n.
A class of imperfect fungi that do not form asci or basidia, including pathogenic genera such as Candida and Cryptococcus and the medically important genus Penicillium.

Monilia.
See Candida albicans.

Monilia [mo-nil´e-ah]
1. former name for Candida.
2. a genus of imperfect fungi of the family Moniliaceae.

Monilia
former name of a genus of parasitic fungi, now called candida.


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