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species barrier en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The inability of a disease to be transmitted from one species to a different one.
   • The people had died because they ate meat from infected cows. A species barrier had crumbled. 2003 June 3, Sandra Blakeslee, “Mad Cows, Sane Cats: Making Sense of the 'Species Barrier'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • The species barrier often is not an absolute barrier and refers to the difficulties in the transfer from one species to the next. 2004, W. Michael Scheld et al., editors, Infections of the Central Nervous System, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 261:

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Translations (3)

de Artenbarriere (inability of a disease to be transmitted) · fr barrière d'espèce (inability of a disease to be transmitted) · de Artengrenze (inability of a disease to be transmitted)