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noun A disease of animals, such as rabies or psittacosis, that can be transmitted to humans.

When a disease causing organism passes from an animal to a human, scientists refer to it as a zoonosis. — Museum Blogs
Our greatest protection against zoonosis, vaccination, ironically gets its name from the zoonotic disease Cowpox which is caused by the Vaccinia virus. — Museum Blogs
Pets, animals e.g.  Q fever  Psittacosis  hantavirus pulmonary syndrome  "zoonosis" — Recently Uploaded Slideshows
Next, we used codon-based phylogenetic models to quantify the average selective pressure that acted on these regions during the period immediately following the zoonosis event, corresponding to the branch of the phylogenetic tree leading to the common ancestor of all of the HIV-1 sequences. — BioMed Central - Latest articles
Tularemia is a rare, notifiable zoonosis in Germany. — CiteULike: Everyone's library