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zoonosis

noun
/zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/UK/zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/US

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.

  1. derived from νόσος
  2. derived from ζῷον — “animal”

Definitions

  1. An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for zoonosis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA