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Meaning of 'epidemic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Epidemic [ a.]
- Alt. of Epidemical
2 . Epidemic [ n.]
- An epidemic disease.
- Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

Meaning of 'epidemic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . epidemic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
Example in sentence:
  • an epidemic outbreak of influenza

Nearby Words:

epi- epiblast epiblastic epiblema epibolic epiboly epibranchial epic epical epicardiac

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  • Epidemic
    Epidemic with reference to a disease, one that displays a sudden increase in incidence in incidence in a particular geographic region.

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