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- noun pathology An
infectious disease transmitted fromanimal tohuman bytransplantation of an animal tissue or organ into human body.
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A combination of xeno- (stranger) + zoonosis (animal disease)
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sionnach commented on the word xenozoonosis
A disease of animals that might be transmitted to humans by the use of animal organs for transplantation (xenotransplantation).
October 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word xenozoonosis
A specific disease, sionnach, or any disease?
October 19, 2008
sionnach commented on the word xenozoonosis
No specific disease. As far as I am aware, thus far it remains a hypothetical possibility for researchers in the area to worry about. Pathogens that might be benign in the host animal could become virulent when moved to the new environment of the human body.
October 19, 2008