ACTINOMYCOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does actinomycosis mean? 

• ACTINOMYCOSIS (noun)
  The noun ACTINOMYCOSIS has 1 sense:

1. disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses

  Familiarity information: ACTINOMYCOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINOMYCOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("actinomycosis" is a kind of...):

zoonosis; zoonotic disease (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "actinomycosis"):

cervicofacial actinomycosis; lumpy jaw (the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions)

thoracic actinomycosis (a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest)

abdominal actinomycosis (a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen)

Derivation:

actinomycotic (of or related to actinomycosis infection)

 Context examples 

A. meyerii is a causative agent of actinomycosis.

(Actinomyces meyerii, NCI Thesaurus)

A. israelii is found in the flora of the human oral and nasopharyngeal tract and in animals and is the most frequent cause of actinomycosis in humans.

(Actinomyces israelii, NCI Thesaurus)

A. bovis is an opportunistic pathogen in the oral and nasopharyngeal mucous membranes and is the causative agent of actinomycosis in cattle.

(Actinomyces bovis, NCI Thesaurus)