paratuberculosis

/P ER0 AE1 T AH0 B ER0 K Y AH0 L OW1 S IH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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