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

Thus in England actinomycosis of the tongue is most prevalent.

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

Simple ulcer requires the exclusion of lues, tuberculosis, epithelioma, endothelioma, sarcoma, and actinomycosis.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

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

The lesions in the bones resulting from actinomycosis and from mycetoma, have been described with these diseases.

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

I greatly fear that actinomycosis is destined to play an important part in the final extinction that seems to be the impending fate of the beautiful and valuable prong-horned antelope.

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