epidemic (a)

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type a
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def (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease
def attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
examples an epidemic outbreak of influenza
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Domain of synset - TOPIC medicine, medical specialty
Derivationally related form epidemic → epidemic
Antonym epidemic → endemic; epidemic → ecdemic
Similar to epiphytotic; epizootic; pandemic; pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
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Similar to epiphytotic; epizootic; pandemic; pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
Antonym ecdemic → epidemic; endemic → epidemic
Member of this domain - TOPIC medicine, medical specialty
Derivationally related form epidemic → epidemic

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