zoo·no·sis
| \ zō-ˈä-nə-səs
, ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-səs
\
, ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-səs
\
plural zoonoses\
zō-ˈä-nə-ˌsēz
, ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-ˌsēz
\
, ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-ˌsēz
\
Definition of zoonosis
: an infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural conditions
Among the zoonoses associated with dogs, cats, and birds, those with diarrhea as a predominant manifestation include cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis, campylobacteriosis, and salmonellosis.— Peter Jesselet et al.
also
: an infection or disease that is transmissible between animals and humans
bidirectional zoonosis
— see also reverse zoonosis
Other Words from zoonosis
zoonotic
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ˌzō-ə-ˈnä-tik
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adjective
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adjective
a zoonotic infection/disease
A zoonotic virus is a virus that lives naturally in an animal and can infect human cells, perhaps mutating slightly in the course of passage, which enables the virus to start a chain of infection through human hosts.
— Richard Preston
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zoonosis
noun
zoo·no·sis
| \ ˌzō-ə-ˈnō-səs
, zō-ˈän-ə-səs
\
, zō-ˈän-ə-səs
\
plural zoonoses\
-ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of zoonosis
: an infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural conditions
also
: an infection or disease that is transmissible between animals and humans
bidirectional zoonosis
Other Words from zoonosis
zoonotic
\
ˌzō-ə-ˈnät-ik
\
adjective
\
adjective
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