EPIZOOTIC


Meaning of EPIZOOTIC in English

[epi.zo.ot.ic] n [F epizootique, fr. epizootie such an outbreak, fr. epi- (as in epidemie epidemic) + Gk zoiotes animal nature, fr. zoe life--more at quick] (1748): an outbreak of disease affecting many animals of one kind at the same time; also: the disease itself -- epizootic adj

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