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, ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈkɒtɪk /

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

Etymology

Origin of actinomycosis

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

Example Sentences

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actinomycosis

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 Austin ?Malley

In the case first mentioned the changes were still less marked, and actinomycosis would not have been suspected by a simple inspection.

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

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

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