| ACTINOBACILLI | • actinobacilli n. Plural of actinobacillus. • ACTINOBACILLUS n. a bacillus of the genus of bacteria Actinobacillus. |
| ACTINOBIOLOGY | • actinobiology n. The study of the effects of radiation upon living organisms. • ACTINOBIOLOGY n. the branch of biology concerned with the effects of radiation on living organisms. |
| ACTINOMETRIES | • actinometries n. Plural of actinometry. • ACTINOMETRY n. the measurement of heating power of the sun's rays. |
| ACTINOMORPHIC | • actinomorphic adj. (Botany, of a flower) Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion. • ACTINOMORPHIC adj. radially symmetric, also ACTINOMORPHOUS. |
| ACTINOMYCETES | • actinomycetes n. Plural of actinomycete. • ACTINOMYCETE n. a filamentous microorganism like both bacteria and fungi, also ACTINOMYCES. |
| ACTINOMYCOSES | • actinomycoses n. Plural of actinomycosis. • ACTINOMYCOSIS n. a parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in inflammation of the jaw. |
| ACTINOMYCOSIS | • actinomycosis n. (Pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized… • ACTINOMYCOSIS n. a parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in inflammation of the jaw. |
| ACTINOMYCOTIC | • actinomycotic adj. Of or pertaining to actinomycosis. • ACTINOMYCOTIC adj. relating to actinomycosis, a parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in inflammation of the jaw. |
| ACTINOTHERAPY | • actinotherapy n. (Medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy. • ACTINOTHERAPY n. the use of ultraviolet and other actinic rays in medical treatment. |
| ACTINOURANIUM | • actinouranium n. Alternative spelling of actino-uranium. • actino-uranium n. Uranium-235. • ACTINOURANIUM n. the isotope of uranium that has a mass number of 235. |
| SPECTINOMYCIN | • spectinomycin n. (Pharmacology) An aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. • SPECTINOMYCIN n. a white crystalline broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by a bacterium that is used clinically esp. in the form of its hydrochloride to treat gonorrhea. |