zoonosisn.
/ˌzuː(ə)ˈnəʊsɪs/, /ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsɪs/, U.S. /zoʊəˈnoʊsəs/, /zu(ə)ˈnoʊsəs/, /zoʊˈɑnəsəs/ A disease which can be transmitted naturally from animals to humans.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > [noun] > communicable or infectious
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > disease transmitted to man from animal
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1873 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 65 442 The zoonoses are of course diseases derived from animals, and include glanders and hydrophobia.
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 132 The zoonoses [Ger. Zoonosen],..in which there is a transference between individuals of different species, and for the most part from animals to man.
1894 Jrnl. Laryngol., Rhinol., & Otol. 8 169 The post-mortem examination, and the bacteriological examination, showed that there was an infectious zoonosis.
1905 J. C. Wilson tr. A. Nicolaier Infectious Dis. 894 As in the other zoonoses, the best prophylaxis in man consists in the prevention of the distribution of the disease among animals.
1962 Trop. Health (Nat. Acad. Sci. Publ. 996) 156/1 The Pan American Health Organization conducted a survey of the zoonoses in the Americas.
1999 Jrnl. Epidemiol. & Community Health 53 514/1 Recognition of the source of a zoonosis can be difficult.
2013 Independent 4 Jan. 23/2 The risk of toxoplasmosis and other cat-related zoonoses will be minimised by strict rules and regulations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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