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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: lumpy jaw (0.00910 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lumpy jaw
lumpy jaw
n : the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis;
affects the face and neck regions [syn:
cervicofacial actinomycosis
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: lumpy jaw
Actinomycosis
\Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis\
([a^]k`t[i^]*n[-o]*m[imac]*k[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL.] (Med.)
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to
infection with actinomycetes, especially by
Actinomyces bovis
in cattle and by
Actinomyces israeli or
Arachnia propionica
in man. It is characterized by hard swellings
usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also
affect the abdomen or thorax. Called also
lumpy jaw or
big jaw
.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
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