paratuberculosisn.
/ˌparət(j)ᵿˌbəːkjᵿˈləʊsɪs/, /ˌparətʃᵿˌbəːkjᵿˈləʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrətəˌbərkjəˈloʊsəs/, /ˈˌpɛrəˌt(j)uˌbərkjəˈloʊsəs/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
1. Medicine. A condition thought to be associated with or to follow tuberculosis. disused. rare.
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1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 481/2 Paratuberculosis, any disease not tuberculous, but flourishing in a tuberculous condition.
1906 Lancet 5 May 1284/1 There is no reason then why we should not admit the possibility of a paratuberculosis.
2. Veterinary Medicine. = Johne's disease n. at Johne n. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > diarrhoea
shiteOE
skitc1440
wood-evil?1523
moor-ill1556
ray1577
shoot1587
scouring1597
moor-evil1611
scour1764
rush?1771
mu-sickness1809
washiness1844
teart1896
Johne's disease1906
paratuberculosis1913
teartness1940
1913 Jrnl. Med. Res. 29 147 Only indirect proofs were offered that paratuberculosis is not related to tuberculosis.
1932 L. Van Es Princ. Animal Hygiene xvii. 368 The etiologic factor of paratuberculosis is a small, short, acid-fast, and alcohol-fast bacillus.
1960 R. A. Runnells et al. Princ. Vet. Pathol. (ed. 5) xvi. 489 Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease)....characterized by a chronic catarrhal enteritis which results in profuse diarrhea leading to extreme emaciation.
1968 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 29 953 Experimental paratuberculosis in sheep after oral, intratracheal, or intravenous inoculation lesions and demonstration of etiologic agent.
2001 Farmers Guardian (Nexis) 20 Apr. 32 The team is unsure whether the presence of the disease in rabbits in areas where Johne's (paratuberculosis) is prevalent in cattle is linked to infected cattle.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1900