Zoonosis (noun)
zoo-no-sis
A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.
Late 19th century from zoo-‘of animals’ + Greek nosos ‘disease’.
Example sentences
“It’s likely that after Covid many other zoonosis will follow.”
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