actinomycosis

(ak”tin-o-mi-ko’sis) [Gr. ἀκτίς ray + μύκης fungus]. A chronic infectious disease of cattle, sometimes transmitted to man, caused by Actinom'yces bo'vis, and characterized by the formation of lumpy tumors on the jaws and tongue. The disease is attended by lo of strength and weight and by hectic fever, and the fungus may develop in the viscera, bone, and skin, as well as in the mouth and jaws. The