zoonosis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/ (UK)
- /ˌzoʊ.əˈnoʊ.sɪs/ (US)
- /zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.
Meanings
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An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
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.
2013 January 14, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zoönosis | alternative | lexicographic | |
| zoonoses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
anthropozoonosis · endozoonosis · zoonositic · xenozoonosis · reverse zoonosis · protozoonosis · epizoonosis · zoonotic
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Translations (44)
sv zoonos (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · hi ज़ूनोसिस (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · fa زئونوز (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · sh зооно́за (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ka ზოონოზი (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · uk зооно́з (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · eo zoonozo (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ru зооно́з (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · de Zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · vi động vật lây truyền bệnh (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · da zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · gl zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · wa zonôze (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · sh zoonóza (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · el ζωοανθρωπονόσος (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · tr zoonoz (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · fr zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · it zoonosi (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · cs zoonóza (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · nl zoönose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · nn zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ky зооноз (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ia zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · bg зооноза (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ja ズーノーシス (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · el ζωονόσος (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ko 인수공통감염병 (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · fi eläinperäinen sairaus (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · is súna (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ga zónóis (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · pt zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · cmn 人畜共通病 (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · kk зооноз (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · fi zoonoosi (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · hu zoonózis (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · nb zoonose (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · es zoonosis (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ca zoonosi (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · az zoonoz (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · eu zoonosi (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ro zoonoză (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · cmn 人畜共通傳染病 /人畜共通传染病 (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · ms zoonosis (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) · pl zoonoza (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)