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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#m1)

2) An antifungal is a medicine or cream that does this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x1)
- Antifungal medicine treats ringworm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x2)
- Some plants make antifungal chemicals to protect themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x3)
- The bathroom paint is antifungal to stop mould. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x4)
- Antifungals do not work on bacteria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x5)
- Keep your feet dry and use an antifungal powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antifungal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.