Enzootic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enzootic \En`zo*["o]t"ic\ ([e^]n`z[-o]*[o^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'en
     in + zw^,on an animal: cf. F. enzo["o]tique.]
     Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the
     animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease
     among men.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enzootic
       adj : of a disease that is constantly present in an animal
             community but only occurs in a small number of cases