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zoonoses

Syllables: zoo·no·sesUK/ˌzəʊəˈnəʊ.siːz/US/ˌzoʊəˈnoʊ.siz/

zoonoses is the plural of zoonosis.

zoonoses is the plural of zoonose.

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

Questions about zoonoses

What is zoonoses the plural of?
Zoonoses is the plural of zoonosis.
How do you pronounce zoonoses?
Zoonoses is pronounced /ˌzəʊəˈnəʊ.siːz/ (UK).

Words near zoonoses in the dictionary

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

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