Definition of Thoracic actinomycosis

1. Noun. A serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest.

Generic synonyms: Actinomycosis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Actinomycosis

thons
thonself
thonzonium bromide
thonzylamine
thonzylamine hydrochloride
thooid
thor
thoracal
thoracalgia
thoracenteses
thoracentesis
thoraces
thoracic
thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy
thoracic actinomycosis (current term)
thoracic aorta
thoracic aortic aneurysm
thoracic aortic plexus
thoracic arteries
thoracic axis
thoracic cage
thoracic cages
thoracic cardiac branches of vagus nerve
thoracic cardiac nerves
thoracic cavity
thoracic choke
thoracic compliance
thoracic duct
thoracic fistula

Literary usage of Thoracic actinomycosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell (1901)
"To be more specific, intra- thoracic actinomycosis may extend to the spinal ... In not a few cases of pulmonary and thoracic actinomycosis metastasis by way ..."

2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1906)
"thoracic actinomycosis is characterized by a cough with more or less profuse, often fetid expectoration; by fever, which is usually present and often the ..."

3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Branching, gram-positive filaments seen when a sulphur granule is crushed and stained by Gram's method. Magnification 1300. thoracic actinomycosis. ..."

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