From yeast + -like.
yeastlike (comparative more yeastlike, superlative most yeastlike)
- Resembling or having characteristics of yeast
1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader[1]:Under certain conditions, it seems, candida can change from its yeastlike, noninvasive state into a parasitic fungus that spreads like wildfire through the gut.