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paratuberculosis
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English
Etymology
From para- + tuberculosis.
Noun
paratuberculosis (uncountable)
- A disease of ruminants caused by a subspecies of Mycobacterium avium; Johne's disease
- (pathology) A disease similar to tuberculosis in which the living bacillus is not present
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.ra.tʊ.bɛrˈkʊ.ɫɔ.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.ra.tu.berˈkuː.lo.s̬is]
Adjective
paratuberculosis (neuter paratuberculose); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (New Latin) That does not normally produce tubercules
Usage notes
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
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