actinomycosis

American  

[ak-tin-oh-mahy-koh-sis, ak-tuh-noh-] / ækˌtɪn oʊ maɪˈkoʊ sɪs, ˌæk tə noʊ- /

noun

Veterinary Pathology, Pathology.

1. an infectious, inflammatory disease caused by Actinomyces israelii in humans and A. bovis in domestic animals, and characterized by lumpy, often suppurating tumors, especially, about the jaws.

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actinomycosis British  

/ ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs /

noun

1. Nontechnical name: lumpy jaw. a fungal disease of cattle and of cats and dogs, sometimes transmitted to humans esp by bites, characterized by a swelling of the affected part, most often the jaw or lungs

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Other Word Forms

• actinomycotic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of actinomycosis

First recorded in 1880–85; actinomyc(es) + -osis

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Example Sentences

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actinomycosis

Rarely actinomycosis attacks the body externally in places other than the head and neck.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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

In 1906 we discovered the existence of actinomycosis among the black mountain sheep of northern British Columbia.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

Mycetoma, or Madura Foot.—Mycetoma is a chronic disease due to an organism resembling that of actinomycosis, but not identical with it.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

It has been confounded with the later stages of pleuropneumonia, with parasitic diseases of the brain, the lungs, the intestines, and with actinomycosis.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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