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means A genus of yeast fungi, most notably Candida albicans, that normally lives harmlessly on and in the human body but can cause infections when it overgrows.

from From Latin 'candidus,' meaning white or shining — the same root that gives us 'candid' and 'candidate' (Roman office-seekers wore chalked-white togas). The fungus was named for the white, cheese-like film its colonies and infections produce, as in oral thrush. So the microbe that waits for a weakened moment shares its name with brightness and honesty — a coincidence of color, not character.