Zoonosis
Zoonosis is any infectious disease that may be transmitted from other
animals, both wild and domestic, to
humans or from humans to animals.
The word is derived from the Greek words
zoon and
nosos . Many serious diseases fall under this category.
The plural of
zoonosis is
zoonoses, from which an alternative singular
zoonose is derived by back-formation.
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Zoonosis is any infectious disease that may be transmitted from other
animals, both wild and domestic, to
humans or from humans to animals.
The word is derived from the Greek words
zoon and
nosos . Many serious diseases fall under this category.
The plural of
zoonosis is
zoonoses, from which an alternative singular
zoonose is derived by back-formation.