Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
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.
Related words
- Word family
- epidemic epizoology
- Phrases
- epizootic ulcerative syndrome
- Other spellings
- epizoodic epizudic
Forms
- Plural
- epizootics → epidemics…
Example sentences
- epidemic Wuhan is the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| epizootic | falling | |
| epidemic | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- epidemic4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (epidemic4 = 4 syllables).