noun
- Plural of anthroponosis; infectious diseases that are transmitted from human to human and do not naturally infect other animals.
Usage: medical/epidemiological term; plural form
Examples
- Measles and polio are examples of anthroponoses that primarily affect human populations.
- Public health officials focus on controlling anthroponoses through vaccination and quarantine measures.
- Unlike zoonoses, anthroponoses cannot be naturally acquired from animals.
- The study examined how anthroponoses spread through densely populated urban areas.
- Smallpox was one of the most devastating anthroponoses in human history.