Disease or Syndrome
zoonosis Audio
zo·on·o·sis [ zoh-on-uh-sis, zoh-uh-noh-sis ]
Subclass of:
Animal Diseases; Infection
Definitions related to zoonoses:
  • (zoonosis) Disease of animals that may be transmitted to humans under natural conditions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Diseases of non-human animals that may be transmitted to HUMANS or may be transmitted from humans to non-human animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (zoonotic disease) An infectious disease that is transmissible under normal conditions from animals to humans.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (zoonotic infection) An infectious agent of an animal that can be transmitted to, and cause disease in, humans. The transference of the infectious agent can be either direct or indirect.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (zoonotic infection) Infection by an etiologic agent that can be passed between animals and humans.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Contagious ecthyma and milker's nodules are two viral skin diseases that are rarely transmitted from animals to humans.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
  • Contagious ecthyma and milker's nodules are two viral skin diseases that are rarely transmitted from animals to humans.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
  • Zoonotic disease, any of a group of diseases that can be transmitted to humans by nonhuman vertebrate animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. A large number of domestic and wild animals are sources of zoonotic disease, and there are numerous means of transmission. Public...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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