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epidemic

/ epidemic /
noun/adjective

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
Type of:
outbreak eruption irruption
Kinds of:
pandemic
adjective Sense 2
(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"
Similar:
pandemic pestilent pestilential pestiferous plaguey epiphytotic epizootic
Opposites:
endemic endemical ecdemic
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
7
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
17
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Related Words

outbreak eruption irruption pandemic pestilent pestilential pestiferous plaguey epiphytotic epizootic endemic endemical