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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 lumpy jaw /ˌləmpɪ-/ 名詞
 大頜病,粗頜病,(牛)放線菌病,家畜放線菌病

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ac·ti·no·my·co·sis
  n.  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. In cattle it is called also lumpy jaw or big jaw.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lumpy jaw
      n : the commonest and least severe form of actinomycosis;
          affects the face and neck regions [syn: cervicofacial
           actinomycosis]