— actinomycetous , adj.
/ak tin'oh muy"seet, -muy seet", ak'teuh noh-/ , n. Bacteriol.
any of several rod-shaped or filamentous, aerobic or anaerobic bacteria of the phylum Chlamydobacteriae, or in some classification schemes, the order Actinomycetales, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and animals.
[ 1915-20; prob. through construal of NL Actinomycetes (pl. of ACTINOMYCES) as an E pl. n.; see -MYCETE ]