Definition of epidemic

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

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Epizootic :: Epizootic (n.) An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
Grippe :: Grippe (n.) The influenza or epidemic catarrh.
Epidemic :: Epidemic (n.) An epidemic disease.
Epidemiography :: Epidemiography (n.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases..
Influenza :: Influenza (n.) An epidemic affection characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever..
Epidemiology :: Epidemiology (n.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..
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..
Epidemy :: Epidemy (n.) An epidemic disease.
Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..
Epidemic :: Epidemic (a.) Alt. of Epidemica.
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..
Pebrine :: Pebrine (n.) An epidemic disease of the silkworm, characterized by the presence of minute vibratory corpuscles in the blood..
Mumps :: Mumps (n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.
Epidemically :: Epidemically (adv.) In an epidemic manner.
Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil..
Pest :: Pest (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague..
Cholerine :: Cholerine (n.) The first stage of epidemic cholera.
Disappear :: Disappear (v. i.) To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared..
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices..
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