Actinomyces

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  • noun. Any of various rod-shaped or filamentous, chiefly anaerobic microorganisms of the genus Actinomyces, commonly found in the mammalian oral cavity and including pathogenic species, such as the causative agents of actinomycosis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The ray-fungus: so called from the rosettes of club-shaped structures in which it presents itself. The disease actinomycosis is caused by the presence of this fungus.
  • noun. [capitalized] [NL. (Harz, 1877).] A genus of fungi of doubtful relationship. The type is A. bovis, the ray-fungus. See actinomyces, 1.
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  • noun. soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
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