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Actinomycosis

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(n.) A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to the presence of Actinomyces bovis. It causes local suppurating tumors, esp. about the jaw. Called also lumpy jaw or big jaw.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Actinomycosis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/actinomycosis.html. 1828.
 
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