Pronounced: SHA-tuh-land, noun
Notes: I have heard this word and had a vague idea of the meaning, but there was a meaning I didn’t know
Yesterday’s word
The word zoonosis is “any disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late mid-1800s
Background / Comments
I am pretty sure I’ve heard this word when discussing diseases, but I didn’t recall it. Our word came from the Greeks words zoo- (animal) and nosos (disease).
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