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zoonosis

(n): an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans
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about 1 year ago John said:

Fantastic word. From Wikipedia:

"A zoonosis (pronounced /zoʊəˈnoʊsɪs/) is any infectious disease that is able to be transmitted (vectored) from other animals, both wild and domestic, to humans or from humans to animals (the latter is sometimes called reverse zoonosis).

The word is derived from the Greek words zoon (animal) (IPA: zo'on) and nosos (disease)."

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