Definition of 'epidemic'

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1. (noun) 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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