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zoonosis

[ zoh-on-uh-sis, zoh-uh-noh-sis ]

noun

plural zoonoses
  1. Pathology. any disease of animals communicable to humans.


zoonosis

/ ˌzəʊəˈnəʊsɪs; zəʊˈɒnəsɪs /

noun

  1. pathol any infection or disease that is transmitted to man from lower vertebrates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··Դdz· [zoh-, uh, -, not, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoonosis1

1875–80; < New Latin, irregular < Greek ō- zoo- + óDz sickness, with ending apparently conformed to -sis
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoonosis1

from zoo- + Greek nosos disease
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Example Sentences

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This was the Central Intelligence Agency’s issuance of its purported “assessment” that a lab leak was more likely than zoonosis as the pandemic’s origin.

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The Republicans devote more than 50 pages of their report to an effort to denigrate a seminal paper supporting the zoonosis hypothesis.

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The Virology authors warn that the vilification of scientists whose research supports the zoonosis hypothesis will leave society defenseless when the next pandemic threat emerges.

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When these viruses cross over from animals into humans, a process known as zoonosis, they can cause disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics such as Ebola, flu or Covid-19.

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Ebright further accused Andersen and Garry of perjury, based on their denials at a congressional hearing in July that Fauci pressured them to advocate for the zoonosis theory in their paper.

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