panzootic

English

Etymology

From pan- +‎ zootic.

Adjective

panzootic (not comparable)

  1. (biology, medicine, of a disease) Affecting nonhuman animals of many species and throughout a wide area.
    Coordinate terms: (nonhuman animals) enzootic, epizootic; (humans) endemic, epidemic, pandemic, (plants) enphytotic, epiphytotic, panphytotic

Noun

panzootic (plural panzootics)

  1. (zoology) An extremely widespread outbreak of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals.
    Coordinate terms: (nonhuman animals) enzootic, epizootic; (humans) endemic, epidemic, pandemic; (plants) enphytotic, epiphytotic, panphytotic
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