epizootic

Meaning of epizootic

noun
  1. 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.
    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.
  2. A particular epizootic disease.
  3. (often in the plural) A disease or ailment.
    Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.
adjective
  1. Like or having to do with an epizootic: epidemic among animals.
    Epizootic plague occurred in the mice following introduction of rats from Europe.
  2. Containing fossils.
  3. Relating to epizoa; epizoic.

Information about epizootic

  • The plural form of epizootic is: epizootics.
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Hyphenation of epizootic

epi-zootic

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • epizootic is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

epizootic antonyms

Meaning :

enzootic

Translation of epizootic

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