Etymology

anthroponosis

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Today it means: Any disease that is spread from humans to animals. Full definition →

Ancient Greek νόσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόσος“disease”
  2. English todayanthroponosis

From anthropo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, anthropo- + -osis; compare also zoonosis.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνόσος all →

halitosiszoonosisnosologynosognosianosopoetic

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