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]

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]

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.

anthropozoonosis

a disease of either animals or humans that may be transmitted from one species to the other.