transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌak-(ˌ)ti-nō-ˈmī-ˌsēz, -tə-nō-; ak-ˌti-nō- ]
noun
( plural actinomyces )
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from actin- + Greek mykēt-, mykēs fungus; akin to Greek myxa mucus — more at mucus
Date: 1882
: any of a genus ( Actinomyces ) of filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria that includes usually commensal and sometimes pathogenic forms inhabiting mucosal surfaces especially of the oral cavity of warm-blooded vertebrates