Definition of actinomyceses Actinomyceses
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What does actinomyceses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- actinomyceses, noun, plural of actinomyces.
WordNet
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| actinomyces - soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites | ||
| eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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actinomyces
ak-ti-no-mī′sez, n. the tiny ray-fungus.—n. Actinomycō′sis, an inflammatory disease in cattle, swine, and sometimes man, caused by that fungus. [Gr. aktis, aktinos, ray, and myces, mushroom.]
Part of speech
🔤- actinomyces, noun, singular of actinomyceses / actinomycesses.
