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

See Examples For:

actinomycosis

Unlike actinomycosis, this disease does not appear to be benefited by iodides.

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

Conditions that favor bruising of the jaw and external wounds favor the development of actinomycosis.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

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

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

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