What is "epidemic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does epidemic mean in English? Meaning of epidemic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "epidemic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "epidemic": a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

Noun

  • Meaning: a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
  • Synonyms: epidemic
  • Hyponyms: pandemic
  • Hypernyms: eruption irruption outbreak
  • Meaning of "epidemic": (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

    Adjective

  • Meaning: (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
  • Example: an epidemic outbreak of influenza
  • Synonyms: epidemic
  • Antonyms: ecdemic endemic endemical
  • Similar: epiphytotic epizootic pandemic pestiferous pestilent pestilential plaguey
  • Adjective: A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.(epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
  • Synonyms:

    infectious, endemic, contagious, sweeping, catching, pandemic, general, communicable, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, rife, wide-ranging, contagion, scourge, rash, wave, spread, plague, outbreak, pest, pestilence, growth, upsurge, endemic, what's going around,

    Antonyms:

    limited, advantage,

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    epidemic in English: epidemic
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