Zoonosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zoonosis is a noun meaning (biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
Meaning
(biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- zoonoses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include zoonose, anthropozoonosis, zooanthroponosis, xenozoonosis, amphizoonosis, enzootic.
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