zoonosishttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoonosis_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoonosis, n.
Revised 2017

zoonosisnoun

  1. 1873–
    A disease which can be transmitted naturally from animals to humans.
    1. 1873
      The zoonoses are of course diseases derived from animals, and include glanders and hydrophobia.
      American Journal of Medical Science vol. 65 442
    2. 1876
      The zoonoses [German Zoonosen],..in which there is a transference between individuals of different species, and for the most part from animals to man.
      J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin, translation of E. L. Wagner, Manual of General Pathology 132
    3. 1894
      The post-mortem examination, and the bacteriological examination, showed that there was an infectious zoonosis.
      Journal Laryngol., Rhinol., & Otol. vol. 8 169
    4. 1905
      As in the other zoonoses, the best prophylaxis in man consists in the prevention of the distribution of the disease among animals.
      J. C. Wilson, translation of A. Nicolaier, Infectious Dis. 894
    5. 1962
      The Pan American Health Organization conducted a survey of the zoonoses in the Americas.
      Tropical Health (Nat. Acad. Sci. Publ. 996) 156/1
    6. 1999
      Recognition of the source of a zoonosis can be difficult.
      Journal Epidemiol. & Community Health vol. 53 514/1
    7. 2013
      The risk of toxoplasmosis and other cat-related zoonoses will be minimised by strict rules and regulations.
      Independent 4 January 23/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoonosis, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoonosis, n. was last modified in July 2023.