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zoonose

zoonose is the alternative form of zoonosis.

Meaning of zoonosis

Noun

zoonosis (plural zoonoses)

  1. An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
    • 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...2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64

Forms of zoonose

pluralzoonoses

Questions about zoonose

What is zoonose the alternative form of?
Zoonose is the alternative form of zoonosis.

Words near zoonose in the dictionary

  1. zoonomic
  2. zoonomical
  3. zoonomist
  4. zoonomists
  5. zoonomy
  6. zoonose
  7. zoonoses
  8. zoonosis
  9. zoonositic
  10. zoonosologist
  11. zoonosologists

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