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amphixenoses

amphixenoses is the plural of amphixenosis.

Meaning of amphixenosis

Noun

amphixenosis (plural amphixenoses)

  1. A zoonosis that can be passed from humans to other species as well as being passed from another species to a human.
    • 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...2014, Dwight D. Bowman, Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians, →ISBN, page 10

Questions about amphixenoses

What is amphixenoses the plural of?
Amphixenoses is the plural of amphixenosis.

Words near amphixenoses in the dictionary

  1. amphiumids
  2. amphiurid
  3. amphiurids
  4. amphivasal
  5. amphivorous
  6. amphixenoses
  7. amphixenosis
  8. amphizoic
  9. amphizoid
  10. amphizoids
  11. amphizoonoses

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