LUMPY JAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lumpy jaw mean? 

• LUMPY JAW (noun)
  The noun LUMPY JAW has 1 sense:

1. the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions

  Familiarity information: LUMPY JAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUMPY JAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis; affects the face and neck regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cervicofacial actinomycosis; lumpy jaw

Hypernyms ("lumpy jaw" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A form of ACTINOMYCOSIS characterized by slow-growing inflammatory lesions of the lymph nodes that drain the mouth (lumpy jaw), reddening of the overlying skin, and intraperitoneal abscesses.

(Cervicofacial Actinomycotic Infection, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)