epidemic
Adjective
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referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquessimilar to:
- 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
- pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguey - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Noun
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is a type of: eruption, irruption, outbreak - a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)subtypes: pandemic - an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
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