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# antifungal

adjective (antifungal); noun (an antifungal, antifungals)

«antifungal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Antifungal means killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or the fungus that causes athlete's foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#m1)
2. An antifungal is a medicine or cream that does this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «antifungal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antifungal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«antifungal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/antifungal.html) on Mova free.