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Definition: big 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]