zoonosis
noun
any disease of animals communicable to humans.
zoonoses
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pluralof zoonosis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In their Perspectives article, Perfecto and colleagues present a novel "agricultural matrix framework" that can be used to examine the relationship between agriculture and zoonoses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
Many emerging diseases affecting humans, such as brucellosis, are zoonoses.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Her responsibilities included livestock markets, biosecurity and zoonoses - diseases that can move between animals and humans.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2022
In my group for emerging diseases and zoonoses, we do a lot of work at the animal-human interface.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2021
Many of the other major drivers of zoonoses are the same intractable problems that conservationists have been grappling with for decades: deforestation, loss of biodiversity, depletion of natural resources.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
