zoonosis
noun/ˌzuːəˈnəʊsɪs/, /ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsɪs/
/ˌzuːəˈnəʊsɪs/, /zəʊəˈnəʊsɪs/
(plural zoonoses
(specialist)/ˌzuːəˈnəʊsiːz/, /ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsiːz/
/ˌzuːəˈnəʊsiːz/, /zəʊəˈnəʊsiːz/
)- a disease that can be spread from animals to humans
- The disease emerged as a zoonosis but then mutated into a human-only strain.
Word OriginLate 19th century: from zoo- ‘of animals’ + Greek nosos ‘disease’.
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