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English adjective: 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


SamplesAn epidemic outbreak of influenza.


Similarepiphytotic, epizootic, pandemic, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguey


Domain categorymedical specialty, medicine


Antonymsecdemic, endemic, endemical


English noun: epidemic

1. epidemic (event) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time


Broader (hypernym)eruption, irruption, outbreak


Narrower (hyponym)pandemic









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