actinomycosis

American

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

noun

Veterinary Pathology, Pathology.

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.

actinomycosis British

/ ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs /

noun

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

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A French veterinarian, Godbille, has used the same remedy in a number of cases of actinomycosis in the tongue, all of which have been cured.

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

If carcasses are in a well-nourished condition, showing uncomplicated localized lesions of actinomycosis, they may be passed after the infected organs or parts have been removed and condemned.

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

It is, however, the opinion of the majority of authorities that when actinomycosis appears among a large number of animals they all contract it in the same way from the feed.

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

Differential Diagnosis.—The conditions likely to be mistaken for surgical actinomycosis are sarcoma, tubercle, and syphilis.

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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