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zoonotic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Adjective

zoonotic (not comparable)

• relating to, or having a zoonosis
  • ✤ Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.¹
  • ✤ According to Prof Andre and many other experts, increased travel, the spread of mega cities and humanity’s gradual intrusion into more and more report areas means the chances of zoonotic “spillover” events like Covid are becoming more and more likely.²

Noun

zoonotic (plural zoonotics)

• Synonym of zoonosis.

Etymology

From zoonosis + -otic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌzəʊ.əˈnɒ.tɪk/, /ˌzuː.əˈnɒ.tɪk/, /ˌzuːˈnɒ.tɪk/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌzoʊ.əˈnɑ.tɪk/, /ˌzu.əˈnɑ.tɪk/, /ˌzuˈnɑ.tɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˌzɐʉ.ɘˈnɔ.tɘk/, /ˌzʉ.ɘˈnɔ.tɘk/, /ˌzʉˈnɔ.tɘk/

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Footnotes

1. 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193: ↩

2. 2024 June 21, Maeve Cullinan, Sarah Newey, “Has the pandemic made us sicker?”, in The Daily Telegraph ‎${}^{[1]}$: ↩

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