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Antifungal
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that describe the actions (effects) of both pharmaceutical drugs
and natural remedies. See the left-hand side for a list of words defined here.
The word antifungal refers to therapeutic agents (e.g. natural substances
such as herbs, oils, or essences, or conventional pharmaceutical drugs)
that kills / destroys fungal infections. Some text describe the action
of antifungal agents as "combating or
preventing" fungal
infections.
The meaning of the term antifungal is easily
remembered from its form:
- The anti- part of the word refers to the fact that this
agent combats/attacks something, and
- the -fungal part of the word indicates that the something
it combats "fungi", or fungal infections.
Note that another term whose meaning is the same as antifungal is fungicidal.
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This section is about words that describe the actions (effects) of both pharmaceutical drugs and natural remedies.
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