Meaning of epidemic | Babel Free

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1. A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population
2. A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
3. An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely. See Note at endemic.
4. An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence
5. An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
6. a disease that is widely prevalent in a particular area. — epidemical, adj. — epidemicity, n.
7. A heightened occurrence of anything harmful
8. A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
   broadly, colloquial
9. A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease:outbreak, plague, rash.
10. The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population
11. The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
    figuratively
12. an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly and attacks very many people. an epidemic of measles/influenza. epidemies وَباء епидемичен epidemia epidemie die Epidemie epidemi επιδημίαepidemia epideemia همه گیری epidemia épidémieמגפה महामारी epidemija járvány wabah farsótt, faraldur epidemia 病気の流行 유행병의 발생 epidemija epidēmija wabak epidemieepidemiepidemia سارى، هغه ناروغۍ چه له يوه څخه بل ته سرايت كوى epidemia epidemie эпидемия epidémia epidemija epidemija epidemisk โรคระบาด salgın 流行病 епідемі...
13. Of, related to, or being an epidemic: a widespread outbreak of disease in humans
14. Spreading rapidly and extensively by infection and affecting many individuals in an area or a population at the same time: an epidemic outbreak of influenza.
15. Widely prevalent: epidemic discontent.
16. A rapid spread, growth, or development: an unemployment epidemic.
17. (Medicine) (esp of a disease) attacking or affecting many persons simultaneously in a community or area
18. (Medicine) a widespread occurrence of a disease: an influenza epidemic.
19. a rapid development, spread, or growth of something, esp something unpleasant: an epidemic of strikes.

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Examples

“At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].”

“Even before the pandemic, the United States surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, said the country was experiencing an “epidemic of loneliness,” driven by the accelerated pace of life and the spread of technology into all of our social interactions.”

“People are holding coordinated protests across UK towns and cities this weekend against what they call a “climate of fear” on the roads, and an “epidemic” of careless and dangerous driving that is curbing children’s freedoms and putting lives at risk.”

“Lord Avonleigh was at once liberated from his imprisonment, well prepared to be considered, and to consider himself, a martyr to the cause of loyalty; and as the services of the rich nobleman,...his claims to notice and favour were most graciously acknowledged. Accordingly, he returned to his seat in a little fever of royal devotedness—it was the fashionable epidemic; and who coming from Whitehall could be without it?”

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