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An animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
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zoonosis
Word definitions for zoonosis in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans [syn: zoonotic disease ] [also: zoonoses (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Zoonoses (, plural -, also spelled zoönoses ; singular zoonosis (or zoönosis ); from Greek : ζῷον zoon "animal" and νόσος nosos "sickness") are infectious diseases of animals (usually vertebrates ) that can naturally be transmitted to humans. Major modern ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"disease communicated to humans by animals," plural zoonoses , 1876, from zoo- "animal" + nosos "disease" (see noso- ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmit to humans.
Usage examples of zoonosis.
African monkey and is therefore a zoonosis, or a disease of vertebrate animals that occasionally gets transmitted to man.
The following year a lab was added for zoonoses, diseases that are animal ailments but that can be transmitted to man, like plague, rabies and anthrax.