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ac•tin•o•bac•il•lo•sis
Pronunciation: (ak-tin"ō-bas"u-lō'sis, ak"tu-nō-), [key]—
n. Vet. Pathol.
an infectious disease of cattle, domestic animals, and occasionally humans, resembling actinomycosis and caused by the bacterium
Actinobacillus lignieresii. Also called
wooden tongue. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.