Epizootic

Definition: Epizootic

Epizootic

Adjective

1. (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region; "an epizootic disease".

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	Of a disease, attacking many animals in any region at the same time; widely diffused and rapidly spreading. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	A disease of high morbidity which is only occasionally present in an animal community:it affects a great number of animals in a large area of land at the same time and spreads with great rapidity over a wide territory. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disease	Taint, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity, infestation; epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic; murrain, plague, pestilence, pox.
Insalubrity	Contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic; epizootic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Epizootic

English words defined with "epizootic": Epizooty. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epizootic": epizootic aphtha, epizootic cellulitis, epizootic lymphangitis ♦ Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, Epizootic. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A guide to epizootic diseases (reference) (more book examples)
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	When distinct burrow systems are apparent, fleas can be controlled with a duster using 0.5% permethrin, or other EPA registered insecticidal dust. Such actions are taken when epizootic areas are in close proximity to human populations.Credit: CDC.		In remote areas with little human habitation, the most appropriate action may be to post signs on the roads entering the epizootic area to warn people, and provide information on personal protection and plague prevention.Credit: CDC.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The natural reservoir host for the epizootic strains is not known. (references)
		Epizootic strains of VEE virus can infect and be transmitted by a large number of mosquito species. (references)
		The presence of an RVF epizootic can lead to an epidemic among humans who are exposed to diseased animals. (references)
Trade	Taiwan	Taiwan's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards are, for the most part, different from U.S. standards or those established by international regulatory bodies such as the Office of International Epizootic (OIE) or the Codex Alimentarius. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "epizootic": epizootic aphtha ♦ epizootic cellulitis ♦ epizootic lymphangitis. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "epizootic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		epizootik. (various references)

Arabic		‏مرض وبائي يصيب الحيوانات, ‏وبائي (epidemic, epidemical, pestilential). (various references)

Bulgarian		епизоотичен, епидермичен. (various references)

Chinese		动物流行病. (various references)

Czech		epizootický. (various references)

Danish		epizootisk, smitsomme dyresygdomme (contagious disease, epidemic, pest), infektionssygdom (contagious disease, epidemic, infectious disease, pest). (various references)

Dutch		epizoötisch, epizoötie (contagious disease, epidemic, pest). (various references)

Finnish		epitsoottinen, epidemia (contagious disease, epidemic, pest). (various references)

French		épizootique. (various references)

German		epizootisch, Epizootie (contagious disease, epidemic, pest), Viehseuchen (contagious disease, epidemic, pest), Tierseuchen (contagious disease, epidemic, pest). (various references)

Greek		επιζωοτία (enzootic, enzootic disease, murrain). (various references)

Hungarian		marhavész (murrain, rinderpest), járványos (epidemic, epidemical). (various references)

Italian		epizoozia (cattle plague, contagious disease, epidemic, pest), epizootico, epizootia (contagious disease, epidemic, pest). (various references)

Korean		가축에 � 행하�". (various references)

Pig Latin		epizooticay

Portuguese		epizootia (contagious disease, epidemic, murrey, pest), epizoótico (epoch), resumir (abbreviate, abridge, abstract, boil down, brief, compact, compress, condense, digest, extract, precise, resume, shorten, sum up, summarize, wind up). (various references)

Russian		эпизоотический, эпизоотия. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		epizootičan. (various references)

Spanish		epizoótico. (various references)

Swedish		epizootisk. (various references)

Turkish		salgın hastalık (epidemic, murrain). (various references)

Ukranian		епізоотичний. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epizootic": epizootics. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epizootic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Epizeuxis, epizoodics, epyzootic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-o-o-p-t-z"
	-2 letters: epizoic.
	-3 letters: cootie, octopi, poetic.
	-4 letters: coopt, cozie, optic, picot, topic, topoi.
	-5 letters: cite, coop, coot, cope, cote, epic, etic, ooze, otic, pice, poco, poet, tipi, tope, topi, ziti, zoic.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-o-o-p-t-z"
	+1 letter: epizootics.
	+5 letters: contemporizing, epizootiologic.
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