Examples of fungicidal in a Sentence
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Due to the emerging microbial resistance to all existing fungicidal drugs, in April the World Health Organization listed 19 fungal species as critical, high or medium priority for new drug development.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Nestled within the dung and dirt was an actinomyces bacteria that issued prominent fungicidal activity against both Candida and Cryptococcus.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2015
What’s the Context: Squalamine has antibiotic, fungicidal, and anti-protozoan properties.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
Pods infected by another fungus, called mal de machete, stay on the tree, but require treatment with a blue fungicidal paste.
—Lindzi Wessel, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2018
Oxygen bleach solutions are environmentally-friendly and have a strong fungicidal effect.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2022
The active ingredient in Brexafemme is ibrexafungerp, the first drug in a new class of fungicidal medications, according to a press release from the pharmaceutical company Scynexis.
—Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 3 June 2021
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Nestled within the dung and dirt was an actinomyces bacteria that issued prominent fungicidal activity against both Candida and Cryptococcus.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2015
What’s the Context: Squalamine has antibiotic, fungicidal, and anti-protozoan properties.
—Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
Pods infected by another fungus, called mal de machete, stay on the tree, but require treatment with a blue fungicidal paste.
—Lindzi Wessel, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2018
Oxygen bleach solutions are environmentally-friendly and have a strong fungicidal effect.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2022
The active ingredient in Brexafemme is ibrexafungerp, the first drug in a new class of fungicidal medications, according to a press release from the pharmaceutical company Scynexis.
—Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 3 June 2021
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“Fungicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fungicidal. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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fungicidal
adjective
fun·gi·cid·al
ˌfən-jə-ˈsīd-ᵊl 
ˌfəŋ-gə-
ˌfəŋ-gə-
: destroying fungi
broadly
: inhibiting the growth of fungi
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