Definition of "epizootic" [ep•i•zo•öt•ic]

• Affecting a large number of animals at the same time within a particular region or geographic area. Used of a disease. (adjective)
• An epizootic disease. (noun)

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• "An "epizootic," by contrast, is an epidemic that affects a large number of animals, but in one population or region. pathogen"
• "Handel and Van Hemert are authors of two new papers describing what appears to be a building "epizootic," the wildlife equivalent of an epidemic, for which no cause has yet been identified."
• "I fear he has the epizootic, which is a very dreadful disease. ""