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anthroponosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
an-thro-pono-sis
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disease that is spread from humans to animals.

Etymology

From anthropo- + Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) (compare also nosology); the surface analysis is almost, although not quite, anthropo- + -osis; compare also zoonosis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

anthroponoses (plural)

Derived Forms

zooanthroponosis

Frequently Paired Words

anthropozoonosis zoonosis

Questions

What does anthroponosis mean?
Any disease that is spread from humans to animals.
Where does anthroponosis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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