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mon•i•li•a•sis
(mon′ə lī′ə sis, mō′nə-),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
- Pathology(formerly) candidiasis.
- 1915–20; monil(ia) + -iasis; a fungus of this genus was origin, originally thought to have been the causative agent of the disease