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Definitions of epidemic:
  • noun:   a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
  • adjective:   (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
    Example: "An epidemic outbreak of influenza"



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