EPIZOOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epizootic mean? 

• EPIZOOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective EPIZOOTIC has 1 sense:

1. (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region

  Familiarity information: EPIZOOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIZOOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region

Context example:

an epizootic disease

Similar:

epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)

Domain category:

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

 Context examples 

C. psittaci is pathogenic, being the causative agent of endemic avian chlamydiosis and epizootic infection in mammals.

(Chlamydophila psittaci, NCI Thesaurus)