epornitic

English

Alternative forms

• epiornithic

Etymology

epi- + ornith- + -ic

Adjective

epornitic (not comparable)

1. Attacking many birds in a region at the same time.
2. Pertaining to a disease of high morbidity that is occasionally present in a bird population.

Noun

epornitic (plural epornitics)

1. An outbreak of disease in a bird population.

   Coordinate terms: epidemic, epizootic

Anagrams

• cI protein, peritonic, proteinic, pterionic