anthropozoonosis
an·thro·po·zo·o·no·sis
(an'thrō-pō-zō'ō-nō'sis),A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans; for example, rabies, brucellosis. Compare: zooanthroponosis, amphixenosis.
[anthropo- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]
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an·thro·po·zo·o·no·sis
(an'thrŏ-pō-zō'ō-nō'sis)A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans (e.g., rabies, brucellosis).
[anthropo- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]
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anthropozoonosis
(an″thrŏ-pō″zō″ŏ-nō′sĭs) [ anthropo- + zoonosis]An infectious disease acquired by humans from vertebrate hosts of the causative agents. Examples are rabies and trichinosis.
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