zooanthroponosis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The transmission of disease from humans to animals. Specifically it refers to diseases that are primary infections of humans but which can be naturally transmitted to animals. Examples include tuberculosis and human metapneumovirus.
Countable; Uncountable
Etymology
From zoo- + anthroponosis.