anthroponosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any disease that is spread from humans to animals.

Word forms

anthroponosis anthroponoses

Etymology

From anthropo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, anthropo- + -osis; compare also zoonosis.

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