Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to a disease that occurs in a widespread outbreak among a large number of animals, usually affecting more than one species.
  • noun A panzootic disease.

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  • adjective of a disease affecting animals of many species

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[pan– + zo(o)– + –otic.]

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Examples

  • When something is "endemic," it is native to a particular country or region; in reference to viruses, the word usually means the disease is generally under control in the specified region. panzootic

    Influenza Glossary 2008

  • A panzootic in dogs went round the world in that year; no antibodies to parvovirus have been found in any dog sera collected before 1976.

    Parvo in Yellowstone? 2006

  • A panzootic in dogs went round the world in that year; no antibodies to parvovirus have been found in any dog sera collected before 1976.

    Archive 2006-01-01 2006

  • IR Adelman et al. Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia

    Wildlife Disease News Digest noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information 2010

  • "Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • More information: "Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • IR Adelman et al. Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia

    Wildlife Disease News Digest 2010

  • Birds, however, are experiencing the equivalent, a panzootic infection of H5N1 (aka "bird flu", a misnomer because birds get all kinds of flu) with the latest outbreak in

    Daily Kos 2009

  • Birds, however, are experiencing the equivalent, a panzootic infection of H5N1 (aka "bird flu", a misnomer because birds get all kinds of flu) with the latest outbreak in

    Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page 2009

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