ZOONOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zoonotic mean? 

• ZOONOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ZOONOTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or constituting zoonosis

  Familiarity information: ZOONOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOONOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or constituting zoonosis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Ebola virus is believed to be zoonotic

Pertainym:

zoonosis (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

Derivation:

zoonosis (an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans)

 Context examples 

L garvieae is a zoonotic pathogen, especially in fish.

(Lactococcus garvieae, NCI Thesaurus)

These zoonotic viruses are found mostly in rodent reservoirs, although the Tacaribe virus was isolated from a bat.

(Arenavirus, NCI Thesaurus)

A. equuli is a commensal organism of the horse upper respiratory tract but may cause disease in foals and zoonotic infections in humans.

(Actinobacillus equuli, NCI Thesaurus)

Nipah viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in pigs) and humans.

(Nipah Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Hendra viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in horses) and humans.

(Hendra Virus, NCI Thesaurus)