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noun
An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: zoonotic disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal disease
Narrower terms: actinomycosis, anthrax, splenic fever, brucellosis, contagious abortion, Bang's disease, glanders, Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis, rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness, swamp fever, leptospirosis, tularemia, tularaemia, rabbit fever, deer fly fever, yatobyo
History
From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.
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