English dictionary: words starting with zoon

Meanings of Zoon:

verb

To make a humming, buzzing, or droning sound; to move with, or as if with, such a sound; to move quickly. also occasionally with object: to cause to move with such a sound; to propel quickly.

exclamation

Representing a buzzing, humming, or droning sound.

Meanings of Zoonite:

noun

A body segment of an articulated or segmented animal, especially such a segment regarded as a distinct organism; a metamere or somite. compare "zonite".

Meanings of Zoonomic:

adjective

Of or relating to zoonomy; = zoonomical .

Meanings of Zoonomical:

adjective

Of or relating to zoonomy; = zoonomic .

Meanings of Zoonomy:

noun

The branch of science concerned with the laws or principles of animal life, variously interpreted as covering the internal anatomy, physiology, or growth and development of animals (sometimes contrasted with purely descriptive zoology); animal physiology.

Meanings of Zoonoses:

noun

A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.

Usage examples:

East african sleeping sickness, caused by t brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive ani…

Plural of zoonosis specialized

Meanings of Zoonosis:

noun

A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.

Usage examples:

East african sleeping sickness, caused by t brucei rhodesiense, is a zoonosis with an extensive ani…

Meanings of Zoonosologist:

noun

An expert or specialist in zoonosology.

Meanings of Zoonosology:

noun

The scientific study of the diseases of animals.

Meanings of Zoonotic:

adjective

(of a disease) able to spread from animals to humans

Usage examples:

Rabies is perhaps the best-known and most feared of all zoonotic diseases., the source of these inf…