epidemic
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1. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | eruption, irruption, outbreak, |
| definition | : | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | pandemic, |
| definition | : | an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world (noun.event) |
2. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (adj.all)
| similar | : | epiphytotic, |
| definition | : | (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area (adj.all) |
| similar | : | epizootic, |
| definition | : | (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region (adj.all) |
| similar | : | pandemic, |
| definition | : | epidemic over a wide geographical area (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
3. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (noun.event)
| derivation | : | epidemic, |
| definition | : | (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (adj.all) |
4. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (adj.all)
| antonym | : | ecdemic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | endemic, endemical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | epidemic, |
| definition | : | a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (noun.event) |
5. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (noun.event)
| derivation | : | epidemic, |
| definition | : | (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (adj.all) |
6. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously (adj.all)
| antonym | : | ecdemic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | endemic, endemical, |
| definition | : | of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | epidemic, |
| definition | : | a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time (noun.event) |
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