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candida

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Etymology: From Spanish Cándida, Candida, from Latin Candida, from candida, feminine of candidus (“shining white”).

  1. A female given name from Spanish [in turn from Latin].

    Mr. and Mrs. Frank Connard have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Candida Hart Connard, to David Thompson Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Orne Low Jr. of Colorado Springs.

    Candida Lycett Green, who has died aged 71 of cancer, often said that she had never been "just me", that the first half of her life was spent as "John Betjeman's daughter" and the latter part, after her younger son achieved fame as a DJ, being "John Lycett Green's mum".

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Candida, from Latin candida.

  1. A yeast of the genus Candida, usually specifically Candida albicans

    "What we're finding," says Marshall, "is that if we lean only on candida and don't treat other molds affecting the system, we fail.