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paratuberculin

paratuberculin noun: a sterile extract of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis cultures to which phenol or some other preservative has been added, used similarly to tuberculin to identify tuberculosis.

Noun

paratuberculin (uncountable)

  1. A sterile extract of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis cultures to which phenol or some other preservative has been added, used similarly to tuberculin to identify tuberculosis.

Questions about paratuberculin

What does paratuberculin mean?
Paratuberculin means a sterile extract of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis cultures to which phenol or some other preservative has been added, used similarly to tuberculin to identify tuberculosis.
What part of speech is paratuberculin?
Paratuberculin is a noun.

Words near paratuberculin in the dictionary

  1. paratropidid
  2. paratropidids
  3. Parattah
  4. Paratto
  5. paratubal
  6. paratuberculin
  7. paratuberculosis
  8. paratuberculous
  9. paratubular
  10. paratumoral
  11. paratumorous

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