actinomycosis

English

Etymology

From translingual Actinomyces +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Noun

actinomycosis (countable and uncountable, plural actinomycoses)

1. (pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to humans, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.

Synonyms

• (infectious disease): lumpy-jaw, holdfast, wooden tongue

Translations

infectious disease

• Catalan: actinomicosi (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放線菌病 / 放线菌病 (zh) (fàngxiànjūnbìng)

• Estonian: aktinomükoos
• Finnish: sädesienitauti (fi)
• French: actinomycose (fr) f
• Greek: ακτινομύκωση (el) f (aktinomýkosi)
• Irish: bualadh teanga m
• Italian: actinomicosi f
• Korean: 방선균병 (ko) (bangseon'gyunbyeong)
• Polish: aktynomikoza (pl) f, promienica (pl) f
• Portuguese: actinomicose f
• Romanian: actinomicoză (ro) f
• Spanish: actinomicosis (es) f