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enzootic, a. and n.|ɛnzəʊˈɒtɪk|
[f. Gr. ἐν in + ζῷον animal + -ic, on the analogy of chaotic, hypnotic, etc. Cf. Fr. enzootique.]
A. adj. ‘Applied to diseases of cattle peculiar to a district, climate, or season, in the same manner as Endemic is employed to indicate those of human beings’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
B. n. An enzootic disease.
1880Times 15 Sept. 7/6 Fortified by a knowledge of endemics and enzootics in other regions. 1882G. Fleming Vivisection in 19th Cent. No. 61. 472 The disease [anthrax] is enzöotic in the half-submerged valleys..of Catalonia. |