Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoonosis

/zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: zoono-sis
IPA: /zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.

Example Sentences

"In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans."

Etymology

From zoo- + (itself from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)) + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, zoo- + -osis; compare also anthroponosis.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Prefix: zoo
Root: ζῷον, νόσος
Suffix: osis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/
British English: /zəʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/

Inflected Forms

zoonoses (plural) zoönosis (alternative)

Derived Forms

anthropozoonosis endozoonosis epizoonosis protozoonosis xenozoonosis zoonositic zoonotic

Phrases

reverse zoonosis

Frequently Paired Words

anthroponosis

Synonyms

zoonotic disease

Questions

How do you pronounce zoonosis?: The recorded pronunciation is /zoʊˈɒn.ə.sɪs/.
What does zoonosis mean?: An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.
Where does zoonosis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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