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Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic..

Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil..

Epidemic :: Epidemic (a.) Alt. of Epidemica.

Disappear :: Disappear (v. i.) To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared..

Periodical :: Periodical (a.) Happening, by revolution, at a stated time; returning regularly, after a certain period of time; acting, happening, or appearing, at fixed intervals; recurring; as, periodical epidemics..

Epidemic :: Epidemic (n.) An epidemic disease.

Epizootic :: Epizootic (a.) Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.

Popular :: Popular (a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease..

Epidemiography :: Epidemiography (n.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases..

Pandemic :: Pandemic (a.) Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..

Epidemy :: Epidemy (n.) An epidemic disease.

Cholerine :: Cholerine (n.) The first stage of epidemic cholera.

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..

Epidemiology :: Epidemiology (n.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Mumps :: Mumps (n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

Pest :: Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague..

Epidemic :: Epidemic (n.) Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror..

Pestilence :: Pestilence (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating..

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