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Definition of EPIDEMIC

Epidemic
Parotitis Par`o*ti"tis, n. [NL. See Parotid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands. Epidemic, or Infectious, parotitis, mumps.
Epidemic
Epidemic Ep`i*dem"ic, n. [Cf. Epidemy.] 1. (Med.) 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.

Meaning of EPIDEMIC from wikipedia

- An epidemic (from Gr**** ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given po****tion...
- This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular...
- The crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States throughout the entirety of the 1980s and the early 1990s....
- The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza...
- Epidemic typhus, also known as louse-borne typhus, is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters...
- referred to as the Ishii Network. The Ishii Network was headquartered at the Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory, established in 1932 at the ****anese Army...
- Epidemic Sound is a global royalty-free soundtrack providing company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was established in 2009 by Peer Åström, David...
- ranks as the fifth-deadliest pandemic or epidemic in history. In epidemiology, a pandemic is defined as "an epidemic occurring over a very wide area, crossing...
- The disease was therefore more prevalent among women and children. The epidemic likely started when a villager developed sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease...
- The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of m**** hysteria—or m**** psychogenic illness (MPI)—rumored to have occurred in or near the village...