Actinomycetaceae

noun plural
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Medical Definition of Actinomycetaceae

: a family of filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria of the order Actinomycetales that are often branched, sometimes produce conidia, and sometimes form a mycelium that readily breaks up into bacillary elements