actinomycosis

/ak-tin-oh-mahy-koh-sis, ak-tuh-noh-/US // ækˌtɪn oʊ maɪˈkoʊ sɪs, ˌæk tə noʊ- //UK // (ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs) //

放线菌病,放射菌病,放射性霉素病,放射霉素病

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Veterinary Pathology, Pathology.
- : an infectious, inflammatory disease caused by Actinomyces israelii in humans and A. bovis in domestic animals, and characterized by lumpy, often suppurating tumors, especially, about the jaws.

The region of the mouth and jaws is one of the commonest sites of surgical actinomycosis.
When it affects the lower jaw, in its early stages, actinomycosis may closely simulate a periosteal sarcoma.
The lesions in the bones resulting from actinomycosis and from mycetoma, have been described with these diseases.
Of these, the most important is the streptothrix actinomyces, the cause of actinomycosis in man and cattle.
Thus in England actinomycosis of the tongue is most prevalent.