epidemic
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (Freq. 5) • Hypernyms: outbreak, eruption, irruption • Hyponyms: pandemic
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (Freq. 5) - an epidemic outbreak of influenza • Ant: endemic, ecdemic • Similar to: epiphytotic, epizootic, pandemic, pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey • Topics: medicine, medical specialty
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