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Definitions: Antifungal |
AntifungalAdjective1. Capable of destroying fungi. Noun1. Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Destructive to fungi, or suppressing their reproduction or growth; effective against fungal infections. (references) |
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Synonyms: AntifungalSynonyms: fungicidal (adj), antifungal agent (n), antimycotic (n), antimycotic agent (n), fungicide (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Antifungal |
| English words defined with "antifungal": amphotericin, antifungal agent ♦ Bordeaux mixture ♦ itraconazole ♦ Lamisil ♦ miconazole, Monistat, Mycostatin ♦ Nystan, nystatin ♦ Sporanox ♦ terbinafine, thiabendazole. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "antifungal": Amphotericin B, Antibiotics, Antifungal, Antifungal Agents ♦ Benzoates ♦ Candicidin, carbendazim, caspofungin acetate, Cerulenin, Cyclosporins ♦ Dequalinium ♦ Filipin, Fluconazole, Flucytosine ♦ Guanidines ♦ Ketoconazole ♦ Lucensomycin ♦ Mepartricin, Mycobacillin ♦ Natamycin, Nifuratel ♦ Prodigiosin, Pyrrolnitrin ♦ Rutamycin ♦ Salicylanilides, Sirolimus ♦ Tolnaftate, Triacetin, Tropolone. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Antifungal" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Danish (antifungal). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Cultures of mycoparasites isolated form wood-decay fungi and Aspergillus sclerotia will be used in laboratory studies to identify antifungal chemicals. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | None with appropriate antifungal therapy. (references) | |
Other drugs, such as antifungal agents, are given for specific infections. (references) | ||
Conduct controlled studies to determine and test optimal antifungal therapies. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Antifungal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Antifungal" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "antifungal": antifungal agent ♦ Antifungal Agents. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
antifungal | 36 |
antifungal cream | 19 |
antifungal medication | 14 |
antifungal shampoo | 7 |
antifungal agent | 5 |
antifungal drug | 5 |
antifungal online order | 5 |
antifungal herb | 4 |
tea tree oil antifungal | 4 |
antifungal medicine | 3 |
antifungal medication oral | 3 |
antifungal diet | 3 |
antifungal soap | 2 |
antifungal powder | 2 |
antifungal treatment | 2 |
antifungal mouthwash | 2 |
antifungal natural | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "antifungal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 杀真菌剂 (fungicide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | antifungal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | antifungisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | antifongique (a. et s.m). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | antifungiell. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | antimicotico (antimycotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 抗真菌 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うし"き". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | antifungalay antifúngico. (various references) противогрибковый. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "antifungal": antifungals. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "antifungal" (pronounced a'ntī'fu"nggul or a'ntē'fu"nggul) |
| 6 | -f u" ng g u l | fungal. |
| 5 | -u" ng g u l | jungle. |
| 4 | -ng g u l | angle, bangle, commingle, dangle, Dingle, disentangle, entangle, Ingle, intermingle, jangle, jingle, Mangel, mangle, mingle, mongol, rectangle, shingle, single, Spangle, strangle, swingle, tangle, tingle, triangle, untangle, wangle, wrangle. |
| 3 | -g u l | algal, bagel, beagle, bedraggle, boggle, Bogle, boondoggle, bugle, centrifugal, conjugal, eagle, extralegal, finagle, frugal, gaggle, giggle, goggle, gurgle, haggle, illegal, jiggle, juggle, Kugel, legal, madrigal, milligal, mogul, Ogle, paralegal, prodigal, regal, smuggle, snuggle, Spiegel, squiggle, straggle, struggle, toggle, wiggle, wriggle. |
| 6 | -f u" ng g u l | fungal. |
| 5 | -u" ng g u l | jungle. |
| 4 | -ng g u l | angle, bangle, commingle, dangle, Dingle, disentangle, entangle, Ingle, intermingle, jangle, jingle, Mangel, mangle, mingle, mongol, rectangle, shingle, single, Spangle, strangle, swingle, tangle, tingle, triangle, untangle, wangle, wrangle. |
| 3 | -g u l | algal, bagel, beagle, bedraggle, boggle, Bogle, boondoggle, bugle, centrifugal, conjugal, eagle, extralegal, finagle, frugal, gaggle, giggle, goggle, gurgle, haggle, illegal, jiggle, juggle, Kugel, legal, madrigal, milligal, mogul, Ogle, paralegal, prodigal, regal, smuggle, snuggle, Spiegel, squiggle, straggle, struggle, toggle, wiggle, wriggle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-g-i-l-n-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: flaunting. | |
-2 letters: faulting, gunflint, infaunal. | |
-3 letters: anginal, antiflu, antigun, fantail, fatling, fluting, gainful, infanta, infauna, lunting, tailfan. | |
-4 letters: agnail, alanin, angina, annual, annuli, anting, fating, faunal, flaunt, fungal, guanin, iguana, infant, ingulf, laguna, lingua, lungan, luting, nilgau, tinful, tuning, unnail. | |
-5 letters: again, alang, alant, algin, align, annal, annul, fagin, faint, fanga, fatal, fault, fauna, final. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-f-g-i-l-n-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: antifungals. | |
+3 letters: confabulating. | |
+5 letters: configurational. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6E 74 69 66 75 6E 67 61 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100110 01110101 01101110 01100111 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A n t i f u n g a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006E 0074 0069 0066 0075 006E 0067 0061 006C |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; |