actinomycosis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of actinomycosis
First recorded in 1880–85; actinomyc(es) + -osis
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These few illustrations suffice to show that actinomycosis of the lungs may appear under quite different forms, and that the nature of the disease can be accurately determined only by finding the fungus itself.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Diagnosis of Sarcoma.—A sarcoma is to be differentiated from an inflammatory swelling such as results from tubercle, actinomycosis, or syphilis, from an innocent tumour, and from a cancer.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Whether an animal affected with actinomycosis should be used for human food after all diseased organs and tissues have been thoroughly removed is a question the answer to which depends on a variety of circumstances.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The specificity has been satisfactorily settled for glanders, malaria, tuberculosis, actinomycosis, gonorrhoea, and malignant oedema.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
The region of the mouth and jaws is one of the commonest sites of surgical actinomycosis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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