— actinomycotic /ak tin'oh muy kot"ik, ak'teuh noh-/ , adj.
/ak tin'oh muy koh"sis, ak'teuh noh-/ , n. Vet. Pathol., Pathol.
an infectious, inflammatory disease caused by Actinomyces israelii in humans and A. bovis in domestic animals, and characterized by lumpy, often suppurating tumors, esp., about the jaws. Also called lumpy jaw .
[ 1880-85; ACTINOMYC(ES) + -OSIS ]