epidemic

[Ep`i*demĀ·ic]

An epidemic is a disease that spreads rapidly among many people in a community at the same time. In the 1980s, the fast spreading AIDS epidemic transformed life on our planet.

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An epidemic disease.

Noun
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

Adjective
(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"


a.
Alt. of Epidemical

n.
An epidemic disease.

n.
Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.


Epidemic

Ep`i*dem"ic , n. [Cf. Epidemy.] 1. (Med.) An epidemic disease. 2. Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

An epidemic disease.

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Usage Examples

We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools.

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover.

Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.

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Other Usage Examples

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

Now a cholera epidemic was sweeping through Southeast Asia and south Asia in the early 1970s, so I started medical school and I joined a laboratory to work on this.

Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with.

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

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