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ac•tin•o•my•co•sis
Pronunciation: (ak-tin"ō-mī-kō'sis, ak"tu-nō-), [key]—
n. Vet. Pathol., Pathol.
an infectious, inflammatory disease caused by
Actinomyces israelii in humans and
A. bovis in domestic animals, and characterized by lumpy, often suppurating tumors, esp., about the jaws. Also called
lumpy jaw. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.