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epidemic
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epidemic
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` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=epidemic
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epidemic
noun a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=epidemic
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epidemic
widespread disease Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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epidemic
(ep″ĭ-dem´ik) occuring suddenly in numbers clearly in excess of normal expectancy, in contrast to endemic or sporadic. The term is used especially of infectious diseases but is also applied to any disease, injury, or other health-related event occurring in such outbreaks. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Epidemic
• (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. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/epidemic/
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epidemic
an occurrence of disease that is temporarily of high prevalence. An epidemic occurring over a wide geographical area (e.g., worldwide) is called a ... [20 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/36
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epidemic
(Gr. epidmios prevalent) occurring suddenly in numbers clearly in excess of normal expectancy; said especially of infectious diseases but applied also to any disease, injury, or other health-related event occurring in such outbreaks. Cf. endemic and sporadic. Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio30.html
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epidemic
epidemic (ep' i DEM ik) 1. Widespread, over or among many people at the same time; such as, a disease. 2. A special reference to a human contagious disease. 3. The rapid widespread occurrence of a fad, fashion, etc. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1029/
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epidemic
Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-dem′ik Definitions: 1. The occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related events clearly in excess of normal expectancy; the word is also used to describe outbreaks of disease in animals... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=29693
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Epidemic
[band] ==History== Epidemic was formed in 1986 in Palo Alto by bassist Mark Bodine, guitarist Guy Higbey, guitarist Erik Moggridge, and their friend Ted Kamp on drums to play the senior night talent show at their high school. After playing a set of two songs (a cover of Metallica`s Creeping ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_(band)
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Epidemic
[film] Epidemic is a 1987 film directed by Lars von Trier. It is the second of Trier`s films known collectively as the Europa trilogy. The other two films in the trilogy are The Element of Crime (1984) and Europa (1991). Co-written by Niels Vørsel, focuses on the screenwriting process. Vør... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic_(film)
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Epidemic
In epidemiology, an epidemic (επί (epi)- meaning "upon or above" and δήμος (demos)- meaning "people"), occurs when new cases of a certain disease, in a given human population, and during a given period, substantially exceed what is expected based on recent experience.{rp|354} Epidemiologist... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemic
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epidemic
The occurrence of a disease in a geographically localized population over a limited period of time; it usually refers to infectious disease which spreads from case to case by carriers. Epidemics arise from importation of infection, after environmental changes favoring infectious organism or due to a... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/epidemic.html
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