epizootic
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Definitions ofepizootic
- 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.
Example: "At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs."
- A particular epizootic disease.
- (often in the plural) A disease or ailment.
Example: "Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic."
- Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.
Example: "Epizootic plague occurred in the mice following introduction of rats from Europe."
- Containing fossils.
- Relating to epizoa; epizoic.
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