paratuberculosis

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ tuberculosis.

Noun

paratuberculosis (uncountable)

1. A disease of ruminants caused by a subspecies of Mycobacterium avium; Johne's disease
2. (pathology) A disease similar to tuberculosis in which the living bacillus is not present

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.tu.berˈku.lo.sis/, [pärät̪ʊbɛrˈkʊɫ̪ɔs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.tu.berˈku.lo.sis/, [pärät̪uberˈkuːlos̬is]

Adjective

paratuberculosis (neuter paratuberculose); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (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.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	paratuberculosis	paratuberculose		paratuberculosēs	paratuberculosia
Genitive	paratuberculosis			paratuberculosium
Dative	paratuberculosī			paratuberculosibus
Accusative	paratuberculosem	paratuberculose		paratuberculosēs paratuberculosīs	paratuberculosia
Ablative	paratuberculosī			paratuberculosibus
Vocative	paratuberculosis	paratuberculose		paratuberculosēs	paratuberculosia

Derived terms

• Mycobacterium paratuberculosis