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paratuberculosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
paratu-ber-cu-lo-sis
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disease of ruminants caused by a subspecies of Mycobacterium avium; Johne's disease

Uncountable

noun

A disease similar to tuberculosis in which the living bacillus is not present

Uncountable

Etymology

From para- + tuberculosis.

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Questions

What does paratuberculosis mean?
A disease of ruminants caused by a subspecies of Mycobacterium avium; Johne's disease
Where does paratuberculosis come from?
From para- + tuberculosis.

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