epizootic

  1. Noun.  (context, epidemiology) 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'''''.
  2. Noun.  A particular epizootic (epizootically-occurring) disease.
  3. Noun.  (context, dialectal) A disease or ailment.
  4. Adjective.  (context, epidemiology) Like or having to do with an ''epizootic'': epidemic among animals.
  5. Adjective.  (context, geology) Containing fossils.

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