First Known Use: 1661
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sylvatic
adjective syl·vat·ic \sil-ˈva-tik\
Definition of SYLVATIC
1
: sylvan <sylvatic rodents>
2
: occurring in or affecting wild animals <sylvatic diseases>
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Origin of SYLVATIC
Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild — more at savage
Rhymes with SYLVATIC
agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic
Medical Dictionary
sylvatic
adjective syl·vat·ic \sil-ˈvat-ik\
Medical Definition of SYLVATIC
: occurring in, affecting, or transmitted by wild animals <sylvatic diseases> <sylvatic yellow fever>
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