1) Biological hazard 2) Bug problem 3) Ebola outbreak of 2014 4) Endemic 5) Epiphytotic 6) Epizootic 7) Excessively prevalent 8) Extremely prevalent 9) First-person shooter 10) Flu outbreak 11) French word used in English 12) Generally prevailing 13) Great Plague 14) Not localized 15) Pandemic 16) Pestiferous
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1) Epiphytotic 2) Epizootic 3) Eruption 4) Outbreak 5) Pandemic 6) Pestilential 7) Plague 8) Plaguey 9) Rife
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A change in the amount of disease in a population in time and space. .
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• (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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(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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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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A disease occurring in an unusually high number of individuals in a population at the same time. Compare with endemic.
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<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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(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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A widespread and severe, temporary increase in the incidence of an infectious disease, particularly within a season.
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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: 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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An epidemic is a sudden outbreak of disease that spreads through a population in a short amount of time.
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An epidemic is a disease which affects a large number of people simultaneously in a wide area 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 (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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A situation where more cases of disease than expected happen in a given area or to a group of people.
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A disease affecting a large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time.
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The occurrence of disease within a specific geographical area or population
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a term used to describe a disease that is rare then suddenly affects more people than usually expected
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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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A widespread occurrence of a disease in one area at a particular time.
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a disease which affects many people at one time; Health
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An outbreak of a disease that spreads within a community. A pandemic is an epidemic over a vast area - it usually refers to an outbreak that affects several countries.
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(of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent. · extremely prevalent; widespread.
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A significant and possibly sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease in the community.
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