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Definitions
(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
Word origin
From French épizootique, animal equivalent of epidemic, from épizootie, irregularly formed from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Used in a sentence
“At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs.”
“[…]but it can be asserted with confidence that Natal will for some years yet be free from the possibility of an invasion of the disease to the same degree as the epizootic of 1896 and 1897.”
“A surgeon in the town has also informed me, that a person requested him to prescribe for some lambs affected with the epizootic, and he gave them Epsom salts and opium, with, as he said, very good effect.”
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