Meanings
nounanthroponosis (plural anthroponoses)
plural anthroponoses
- medicineAny disease that is spread from humans to animals.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνόσος“disease”
- Englishanthroponosis
From anthropo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, anthropo- + -osis; compare also zoonosis.
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Portuguese antroponose
- antroponosedisease spread from humans to animals
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