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actinomyces|ˌæktɪnəʊˈmaɪsiːz|
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀκτίς, -ιν- ray (see actino-) + µύκης fungus.]
The ray-fungus, the presence of which, in cattle, constitutes the disease ˌactinomyˈcosis, forms of which are known as lumpy jaw (lumpy a. 1 c) and wooden tongue (wooden a. 9). Also attrib. Hence ˌactinomyˈcotic a., resembling, related to, or caused by actinomyces.
1882Times 8 Nov. 5/6 From the peculiar manner in which the fungus grows..it has received the name of Actinomyces, and it is consequently proposed to designate the disease Actinomykosis. 1884Klein Micro-org. xvi. 148 In the centre of the nodules lie dense groups of peculiar club-shaped corpuscles—actinomyces... Each of these actinomyces-corpuscles appears homogeneous. 1885Lancet 2 May 808/1 The first genuine instance of Actinomycosis in this country. 1900Jrnl. Exper. Med. V. 179 The actinomycotic form of the tubercle bacillus. 1949H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics I. i. 53 The lysate was a good antigen and they employed it for the treatment of three cases of actinomycosis. |