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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1900-2000
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Latin, feminine form of candidus ( CANDID); because of the white marks it causes

candida

 noun
     
can‧di‧da [uncountable]
MI an infection in the mouth and throat of children or in a woman's vagina
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