| 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. |
| BASIDIOMYCETE | • basidiomycete n. (Mycology) Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium. • BASIDIOMYCETE n. any fungus of a subdivision Basidiomycotina that includes the agarics. |
| BLASTOMYCOSES | • blastomycoses n. Plural of blastomycosis. • BLASTOMYCOSIS n. any of several fungal infections. |
| BLASTOMYCOSIS | • blastomycosis n. (Pathology) A fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, endemic to parts of… • BLASTOMYCOSIS n. any of several fungal infections. |
| DISCOMYCETOUS | • DISCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a discomycete. |
| ERYTHROMYCINS | • erythromycins n. Plural of erythromycin. • ERYTHROMYCIN n. a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by an actinomycete and administered orally or topically. |
| OLEANDOMYCINS | • oleandomycins n. Plural of oleandomycin. • OLEANDOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by a streptomyces. |
| PHYCOMYCETOUS | • phycomycetous adj. Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete. • PHYCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a phycomycete. |
| SACCHAROMYCES | • saccharomyces n. Any of many single-celled fungi of the genus Saccharomyces, which lack a true mycelium; especially the yeasts. • Saccharomyces prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Saccharomycetaceae – many yeasts, especially those involved in fermentation. • SACCHAROMYCES n. any of a genus of usually unicellular yeasts. |
| SCHIZOMYCETES | • Schizomycetes prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic class within the kingdom Plantae – all or some bacteria, in any of several phyla. • SCHIZOMYCETE n. any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes. |
| SCHIZOMYCETIC | • SCHIZOMYCETIC adj. of or like a schizomycete, any microscopic organism of the class Schizomycetes, also SCHIZOMYCETOUS. |
| 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. |
| STREPTOMYCETE | • streptomycete n. Any bacterium of the family Streptomycetaceae. • STREPTOMYCETE n. any of a family of actinomycetes. |
| STREPTOMYCINS | • streptomycins n. Plural of streptomycin. • STREPTOMYCIN n. an antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces griseus, the first drug to be successful against tuberculosis. |