ANTIMYCOTIC

• ANTIMYCOTIC (noun)
  The noun ANTIMYCOTIC has 1 sense:

1. any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

  Familiarity information: ANTIMYCOTIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTIMYCOTIC (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 ("antimycotic" is a kind of...):

agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antimycotic"):

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)