Epizootic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Affecting a large number of animals at the same time within a particular region or geographic area. Used of a disease.
  • n. An epizootic disease.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare epidemic.
  • n. A particular epizootic (epizootically-occurring) disease.
  • n. A disease or ailment.
  • adj. Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.
  • adj. Containing fossils.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to an epizoön.
  • adj. Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
  • adj. Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.
  • n. A disease attacking many animals at the same time; an epizootic disease.
  • n. A murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In natural history, same as epizoic, 1.
  • In geology, containing fossil remains: said of mountains, rocks, formations, and the like.
  • Prevailing among the lower animals: applied to diseases, and corresponding to epidemic as applied to diseases prevalent among men.
  • n. The temporary prevalence of a disease among brutes at a certain place: used in exactly the same way as epidemic in reference to human beings.
  • n. A disease thus prevalent.
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  • adj. (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
    • Equivalent
    epidemic    epizoöty   
    Antonym
    enzootic   
    Form
    epizootically   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    murrain   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    noninfectious    ofgällivare    sundial    lunation    tsetse   
     
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