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An infectious disease transmitted from animal to human by transplantation of an animal tissue or organ into human body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English zoonosis English xenozoonosis From xeno- + zoonosis.
