zoonosis

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See also: zoönosis

English

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Etymology

From zoo- +‎ (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- +‎ -osis; compare also anthroponosis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/, /ˌzoʊ.əˈnoʊ.sɪs/[1]
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Noun

zoonosis (plural zoonoses)

  1. (biology, microbiology) An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
    • 1982 February 11, A.L. Ritterson, “Valentine's day: is love really a zoonosis?”, in New England Journal of Medicine‎, volume 306, archived from the original on 4 October 2023, pages 372-373:
    • 2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, page 64:
      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.

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References

  1. ^ “zoonosis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Spanish

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) +‎ -sis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θooˈnosis/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sooˈnosis/
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: zo‧o‧no‧sis

Noun

zoonosis f (plural zoonosis)

  1. (medicine) zoonosis

References

  1. ^ “zoonosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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