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actinomycosis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun actinomycosis has 1 sense
- actinomycosis(n = noun.state) - disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses; has particulars: cervicofacial actinomycosis, lumpy jaw, thoracic actinomycosis, abdominal actinomycosis
is a kind of zoonosis, zoonotic disease
Derived form adjective actinomycotic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
actinomycosis, n. [NL.].
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to infection with actinomycetes, especially by Actinomyces bovis in cattle and by Actinomyces israeli or Arachnia propionica in man. It is characterized by hard swellings usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also affect the abdomen or thorax. Called also lumpy jaw or big jaw . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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