ANTIFUNGAL AGENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does antifungal agent mean?
• ANTIFUNGAL AGENT (noun)
The noun ANTIFUNGAL AGENT has 1 sense:
1. any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Familiarity information: ANTIFUNGAL AGENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANTIFUNGAL AGENT (noun)
Meaning:
Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
antifungal; antifungal agent; antimycotic; antimycotic agent; fungicide
Hypernyms ("antifungal agent" is a kind of...):
agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antifungal agent"):
Bordeaux mixture (antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime)
Fulvicin; griseofulvin (a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium)
Clioquinol; iodochlorhydroxyquin (drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot))
itraconazole; Sporanox (an oral antifungal drug (trade name Sporanox) taken for cases of fungal nail disease)
miconazole; Monistat (an antifungal agent usually administered in the form of a nitrate (trade name Monistat))
Mycostatin; Nystan; nystatin (an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes)
Lamisil; terbinafine (an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease)
thiabendazole (an antifungal agent and anthelmintic)
crystal violet; gentian violet (a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment)
