zoonosis
(zō-ō-nō′sĭs)
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(zō-ō-nō′sēz″)
pl. zoonoses [zoo- + noso- + -sis]
An infection common in animal populations that occasionally infects humans. More than 250 organisms are known to cause zoonotic infections, of which 30 to 40 are spread from pets and animals used by the blind and deaf. The immunosuppressed and those who work with animals are esp. at risk of developing zoonoses.
zoonotic (zō-ō-not′ik)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Zoonosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767678/0/zoonosis.
Zoonosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767678/0/zoonosis. Accessed October 11, 2024.
Zoonosis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767678/0/zoonosis
Zoonosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767678/0/zoonosis.
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