I. |epəˌfī|täd.ik adjective
Etymology: epi- + phyt- + -otic
1. of an infectious plant disease : tending to recur sporadically usually over a wide area and to affect large numbers of susceptible plants whenever present
an epiphytotic blight of potatoes
2. : of, relating to, or tending to produce an epiphytotic
the disease exhibited an epiphytotic tendency
epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-crop agriculture
II. noun
( -s )
: an outbreak of epiphytotic disease