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1. (Also, ep&sec;i&syl;dem&prim;i&syl;cal.) epidemic
(of a disease) affecting many individuals at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
2. epidemic
extremely prevalent; widespread.
3. (n.) epidemic
a temporary prevalence of a disease.
4. epidemic
a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something.
Etymology: (1595–1605; obs. epidem(y) (< LL epidēmia < Gk epidēmía stay in one place, prevalence =epi-epi - +dêm(os) people of a district)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) epidemic
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
2. (adj) epidemic
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
"an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
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1. (noun) epidemic
many cases of a disease in a short period
a flu epidemic
2. epidemic
an increase in amount that sth bad happens
an epidemic of fear in the country
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| Definition of 'Epidemic' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Epidemic
alt. of Epidemical
2. (noun) Epidemic
an epidemic disease
3. (noun) Epidemic
anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Epidemic
a name given to contagious diseases which, arising suddenly in a community, rapidly spread through its members, often travelling from district to district, until often a whole country is affected; the theory of the transmission of disease by microbes has largely explained the spread of such scourges, but the part which atmospheric and other physical, and perhaps psychic, causes play in these disorders is still matter of debate, especially as regards epidemic mental diseases. See Endemic.
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Sense: an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly and attacks very many people
an epidemic of measles/influenza.
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 Afrikaans: epidemies |
 Arabic: وَباء |
 Bulgarian: епидемичен |
 Brazilian: epidemia |
 Czech: epidemie |
 German: die Epidemie |
 Danish: epidemi |
 Greek: επιδημία |
 Spanish: epidemia |
 Estonian: epideemia |
 Farsi: همه گیری |
 Finnish: epidemia |
 French: épidémie |
 Hebrew: מָגֵפָה |
 Hindi: महामारी |
 Croatian: epidemija |
 Hungarian: járvány |
 Indonesian: wabah |
 Icelandic: farsótt, faraldur |
 Italian: epidemia |
 Japanese: 病気の流行 |
 Korean: 유행병의 발생 |
 Lithuanian: epidemija |
 Latvian: epidēmija |
 Malay: wabak |
 Dutch: epidemie |
 Norwegian: epidemi |
 Polish: epidemia |
 Persian: همه گیری |
 Pashto: سارى، هغه ناروغۍ چه له يو |
 Portuguese: epidemia |
 Romanian: epidemie |
 Russian: эпидемия |
 Slovak: epidémia |
 Slovenian: epidemija |
 Serbian: epidemija |
 Swedish: epidemisk |
 Thai: โรคระบาด |
 Turkish: salgın |
 Taiwanese: 流行病 |
 Ukrainian: епідемія |
 Urdu: وبائی مرض کا کسی آبادی می |
 Vietnamese: bệnh dịch |
 Chinese: 流行病 |
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