ACTINOMYCES


Meaning of ACTINOMYCES in English

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

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