Associations to the word «Epidemic»
Noun
- Cholera
- Smallpox
- Influenza
- Flu
- Aids
- Obesity
- Plague
- Hiv
- Malaria
- Quarantine
- Fever
- Famine
- Vaccination
- Epidemiology
- Outbreak
- Disease
- Tuberculosis
- Mortality
- Saharan
- Virus
- Tb
- Syphilis
- Sanitation
- Louse
- Prevalence
- Vaccine
- Hepatitis
- Malnutrition
- Cocaine
- Swine
- Hysteria
- Pathogen
- Heroin
- Prevention
- Immunity
- Drought
- Sickness
- Infection
- Blight
- Fatality
- Expectancy
- Pneumonia
- Incidence
- Scourge
- Diabetes
- Devastation
- Spread
- Diarrhea
- Mosquito
- Poisoning
- Crise
- Liberia
- Proportion
- Malady
- Germ
- Flea
- Toll
- Starvation
- Illness
- Shortage
- Cough
- Emergence
- Subtype
- Hygiene
- Sick
- Victim
Adjective
Wiktionary
EPIDEMIC, noun. A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
EPIDEMIC, noun. (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
EPIDEMIC, adjective. Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread
EPIDEMIC NEPHROPATHY, noun. A viral haemorrhagic fever primarily occurring in Scandinavia and NW Russia, caused by a type of hantavirus spread by voles.
EPIDEMIC POLYARTHRITIS, noun. Polyarthritis caused by either of two mosquito-borne viruses endemic to Australasia: Barmah Forest virus and Ross River virus.
EPIDEMIC ROSEOLA, noun. German measles, rubella.
Dictionary definition
EPIDEMIC, noun. A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time.
EPIDEMIC, adjective. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza".
Wise words
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