moniliasis Path.
(mɒnɪˈlaɪəsɪs)
Pl. -ases.
[f. monilia + -iasis.]
Infection with or a disease caused by a fungus of the genus Candida.
| 1920 Lancet 24 Apr. 898/2 It is probable therefore that the so-called tea-taster's cough is a moniliasis. 1925 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynæcol. XXXII. 69 (heading) Vaginal monilias and vaginal moniliases. 1947 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Dec. 1186/2 The moniliases form a group of infections. 1958 New Biol. XXVII. 62 Moniliasis, which is a disease or complex of diseases with diverse manifestations caused by several yeast-like fungi of which Candida albicans is the most important, has a world-wide distribution... The most familiar aspect of moniliasis is thrush in infants. 1964 Winner & Hurley Candida Albicans p. v, We refer to these diseases as candidosis, this being the term, which..we have preferred to ‘candidiasis’, ‘candidasis’ and ‘moniliasis’. ‘Moniliasis’ was the correct term when the causative organism was known as Monilia, but its continued use today leads to confusion. 1974 Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Studies III. xix. 9/2 (heading) Candidiasis (thrush, moniliasis). |