HyperDic: epidemic

English > 2 senses of the word *epidemic*:
ADJECTIVE	all	epidemic	(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease
NOUN	event	epidemic	a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease

epidemic > pronunciation
Sounds	eh.pahdeh'mihk; eh.pihdeh'mihk
Rhymes	academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk...

English > *epidemic*: 2 senses > adjective 1
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"
Category	medicine, medical specialty	The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
Narrower	epiphytotic	(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
	epizootic	(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
	pandemic	epidemic over a wide geographical area
	pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Opposite	ecdemic	Of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs
Opposite	endemic, endemical	Of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to ... / to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
Spanish	epidémico
Nouns	epidemic	a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease

English > *epidemic*: 2 senses > noun 1, event
Meaning	A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time.
Narrower	pandemic	An epidemic that is geographically widespread
Broader	outbreak, eruption, irruption	A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
Spanish	epidemia, epidemias, peste
Catalan	epidèmia, pesta
Adjectives	epidemic	(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease

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