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epizudic

/ɛpɪˈzuːdɪk/

epizudic is the alternative spelling of epizootic.

Meaning of epizootic

Noun

epizootic (plural epizootics)

  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.
  2. A particular epizootic disease.
    • 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.1856, On the epizootic lately affecting lambs, in The Veterinarian; or Monthly Journal of Veterinary Science for 1856, volume XXIX-II, fourth series, edited by Morton and Simonds, page 450
  3. (dialectal, humorous, in plural, often) A disease or ailment (of humans).
    • Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.

See all 6 meanings of epizootic

Origin of epizudic

Variant spelling of epizootic influenced by variant pronunciation of that word. Compare epizoodic.

Questions about epizudic

What is epizudic the alternative spelling of?
Epizudic is the alternative spelling of epizootic.
How do you pronounce epizudic?
Epizudic is pronounced /ɛpɪˈzuːdɪk/.

Words near epizudic in the dictionary

  1. epizooty
  2. epizoön
  3. epizoöns
  4. epizoötic
  5. epizoötics
  6. epizudic
  7. EPK
  8. EPKs
  9. epkwele
  10. EPL
  11. Epler

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