enzootic
adjective
en·zo·ot·ic
ˌen-zə-ˈwä-tik 
-zō-ˈä-
of animal diseases
: peculiar to or constantly present in a locality
enzootic
noun
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Rabies is enzootic—or always present at some level—among fox populations in northern and western coastal Alaska, writes Live Science’s Sascha Pare.
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Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
In the North Slope region, rabies is enzootic, or always present on some level, Sheehan said.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2022
That’s contrasted with enzootic outbreaks, which affect only a portion of an animal population.
—Elizabeth Miller/undark, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2020
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Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
In the North Slope region, rabies is enzootic, or always present on some level, Sheehan said.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2022
That’s contrasted with enzootic outbreaks, which affect only a portion of an animal population.
—Elizabeth Miller/undark, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2020
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“Enzootic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enzootic. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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enzootic
1 of 2 adjective
en·zo·ot·ic
ˌen-zə-ˈwät-ik
of animal diseases
: peculiar to or constantly present in a locality
enzootic
2 of 2 noun
: an enzootic disease
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