English

Alternative forms

• zoönosis

Noun

zoonosis ‎(plural zoonoses)

1. An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
   • 2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• anthroponosis

Translations

References

1. ↑ “zoonosis” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Spanish

Noun

zoonosis f ‎(plural zoonosis)

1. zoonosis