| zoon | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Zoon = an animal. <zoology> An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; opposed to zooid. Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Zoon's erythroplasia | Benign circumscribed balanitis characterised microscopically by subepithelial plasma cell infiltration and clinically by small erythematous papular lesions. Synonym: balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis, balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zoon, Johannes | <person> Dutch dermatologist, *1902. See: balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoonic | Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances. Origin: Gr. Zoon = an animal: cf. F. Zoonique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoonite | <zoology> One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoonomy | The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations. Origin: Zoo- + Gr. A law: cf. F. Zoonomie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoonoses | Diseases of non-human animals that may be transmitted to man or may be transmitted from man to non-human animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| zoonosis | <disease> The transmission of a disease from an animal or nonhuman species to humans. The natural reservoir is a nonhuman animal. Examples include: rabies, psittacosis (a viral disease of birds). (12 Nov 1997) |
| zoonotic | Relating to a zoonosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis | A form of cutaneous leishmaniasis characterised by rural distribution of human cases near infected rodents, particularly communal ground squirrels; characterised by acute rapidly developing dermal lesions that become severely inflamed, with moist necrotizing sores or ulcers that heal in two to eight months after a two to four month incubation period; among nonimmune immigrants, multiple lesions may develop, which heal more slowly and leave disabling or disfiguring scars. A strong delayed hypersensitivity and involvement of immune complexes play a role in necrosis, which is part of the healing process and of the strong specific immunity that follows. Synonym: acute cutaneous leishmaniasis, rural cutaneous leishmaniasis, wet cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoonotic infection | An infection shared in nature by man with other species of vertebrate animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoonotic potential | The potential for infections of subhuman animals to be transmissible to humans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoonule | <zoology> Same as Zoonite. Origin: Dim. Fr. Gr. Zoon = an animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| balanitis of Zoon | Benign circumscribed balanitis characterised microscopically by subepithelial plasma cell infiltration and clinically by small erythematous papular lesions. Synonym: balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis, balanitis of Zoon, Zoon's erythroplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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