zoonosis

zo·on·o·sis  (z-n-ss)

n. pl. zo·on·o·ses (-sz)

A disease of animals, such as rabies or psittacosis, that can be transmitted to humans.

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[New Latin : zoo- + -nosis, alteration (influenced by -osis) of Greek nosos, disease.]

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zoo·notic (--ntk) adj.

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zoonosis [zəʊˈɒnəsɪs ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsɪs]

n pl -ses [-siːz]

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol any infection or disease that is transmitted to man from lower vertebrates

[from zoo- + Greek nosos disease]

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zoonosis

any disease of lower animals that may be transmitted to man. — zoonotic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

Thesaurus

Noun

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zoonosis - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans zoonotic disease animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings actinomycosis - disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses anthrax, splenic fever - a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people Bang's disease, contagious abortion, brucellosis - an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings glanders - a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans Lyme arthritis, Lyme disease - an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever; caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick lyssa, rabies, madness, hydrophobia - an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain leptospirosis, swamp fever - an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever deer fly fever, rabbit fever, tularaemia, tularemia, yatobyo - a highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals