Look up: epidemic

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   Epidemic
   An epidemic is a disease which affects a large number of people in a particular locality at one time. As a rule it is infectious, but may affect its victims independently. Epidemics were frequent in the Middle Ages before sanitation and considered inevitable.
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   epidemic
   A change in the amount of disease in a population in time and space. .
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   Epidemic
   A widespread and severe, temporary increase in the incidence of an infectious disease, particularly within a season.
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   epidemic
   [adj] - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease 2. [n] - a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
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   Epidemic
   a term used to describe a disease that is rare then suddenly affects more people than usually expected
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   Epidemic
   An epidemic is a sudden outbreak of disease that spreads through a population in a short amount of time.
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   Epidemic
   A disease that affects many individuals in a population at the same time
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   epidemic
   An infection that occurs at a level greater than expected.
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   Epidemic
   Epidemic: The occurrence of more cases of a disease than would be expected in a community or region during a given time period. A sudden severe outbreak of a disease such as SARS. From the Greek 'epi-', 'upon' + 'demos', 'people or population' = 'epidemos' = 'upon the population.' See also: Endemic; Pandemic.
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    epidemic
    a disease of high morbidity which is only occasionally present in an animal community:it affects a great number of animals in a large area of land at the same time and spreads with great rapidity over a wide territory Category: Medicine • of populations of plants(epiphytotic),animals and viruses that build up,often rapidly,to highly abnormal and generally injurious levels Category: ...
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    Epidemic
    The outbreak of a disease which affects a large number and/or proportion of individuals in a population at the same time.
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    Epidemic
    Ep`i·dem'ic noun [ Confer Epidemy .] 1. (Medicine) 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.
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    epidemic
    <epidemiology> 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. ... Compare: endemic, sporadic. ... Origin: Gr. Epidemios = prevalent ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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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`
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    epidemic
    noun a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
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    epidemic
    widespread disease
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    Epidemic
    In epidemiology, an `epidemic` (from Greek `epi-` upon + `demos` people) is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is `expected,` based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a specified period of time is called the `incidence rate`). (An epizootic is the same thing but for an animal population.) Defining...
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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.
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    epidemic
    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 also is used to describe outbreaks of disease in animals or plants. Cf. sporadic, endemic [epi- + G. dmos, the people]
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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...
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    epidemic
    epidemic, outbreak of disease that affects a much greater number of people than is usual for the locality or that spreads to regions where it is ordinarily not present. A disease that tends to be restricted to a particular region (endemic disease) can become epidemic if nonimmune persons are present...
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