Amphixenosis

Quick meaning: Amphixenosis is a noun meaning (biology, microbiology) A zoonosis that can be passed from humans to other species as well as being passed from another species to a human.

Meaning

(biology, microbiology) A zoonosis that can be passed from humans to other species as well as being passed from another species to a human.

Example Sentences

The preparation and maintenance/control of the desired animals and the control of the propagation of amphixenoses derived from the animals are issues specific to these products.

Several of the agents on the list are the result of human beings' sharing parasites with other species (i.e., amphixenosis) because the parasite is not that finicky about its final host. Schistosoma japonicum is a fairly straightforward case of amphixenosis; the schistosome would be just as happy in a cow or in a cat, so is Trypenosoma cruzi.

Word Forms

• amphixenoses

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include xenosis, xenotransmission, xenoinfection, zoocenose, amphigenesis, zymosis.

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