Engelsk tillægsord: epidemic | |||
1. | epidemic (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | An epidemic outbreak of influenza. | ||
Termer med lignende betydning | epiphytotic, epizootic, pandemic, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguey | ||
Overordnet emneområde | medical specialty, medicine | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | ecdemic, endemic, endemical | ||
Engelsk navneord: epidemic | |||
1. | epidemic (om begivenhed) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | eruption, irruption, outbreak | ||
Mere specifikke termer | pandemic | ||