zoonosis
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See also: zoönosis
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /zəʊ.ˈɒn.ə.sɪs/
- (US) IPA(key): /zoʊ.ˈɒn.ə.sɪs/, /ˌzoʊ.əˈnoʊ.sɪs/[1]
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
zoonosis (plural zoonoses)
- (biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
- 1982 February 11, A.L. Ritterson, “Valentine's day: is love really a zoonosis?”, in New England Journal of Medicine[1], volume 306, archived from the original on 4 October 2023, pages 372-373:
- 2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist[2], volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, page 64:
- In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
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Translations
animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
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References
- ^ “zoonosis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Spanish
Etymology
From zoo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + -sis.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θooˈnosis/ [θo.oˈno.sis]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sooˈnosis/ [so.oˈno.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: zo‧o‧no‧sis
Noun
zoonosis f (plural zoonosis)
References
- ^ “zoonosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “zoonosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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