antifungal

«antifungal» in Mova's school dictionary: killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (antifungal); noun (an antifungal, antifungals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Antifungal means killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or the fungus that causes athlete's foot. tree →

2) An antifungal is a medicine or cream that does this. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in health (athlete's foot cream, treating ringworm and thrush), science (fungi, mould) and gardening.

examples

• The doctor gave him an antifungal cream for athlete's foot. tree →
• Antifungal medicine treats ringworm. tree →
• Some plants make antifungal chemicals to protect themselves. tree →
• The bathroom paint is antifungal to stop mould. tree →
• Antifungals do not work on bacteria. tree →
• Keep your feet dry and use an antifungal powder. tree →

note

«Anti-» means «against». Also written «anti-fungal». Antibiotics fight bacteria, antifungals fight fungi, antivirals fight viruses — they are not the same.

In the corpora

• Ringworm is a fungus infection making a red scaly ring, treated with antifungal cream; it can come from people or pets.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «antifungal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.