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Definition of Anthropozoonosis
1. Noun. (pathology) Any disease that is transmitted from animals to humans, or vice versa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Anthropozoonosis
1. A zoonosis maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to man; e.g., rabies, brucellosis. Compare: zooanthroponosis, amphixenosis. Origin: anthropo-+ G. Zoon, animal, + nosos, disease (05 Mar 2000)