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epidemic disease
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many peoplepest, pestilence, plague - any epidemic disease with a high death rateinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contactpest, pestilence, pestis, plague - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animalBornholm disease, diaphragmatic pleurisy, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, myosis - an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest) |
EncyclopediaSeediseaseepidemic disease
ep·i·dem·ic dis·easemarked increase in prevalence of a disease in a specific population or area, usually with an environmental cause, such as an infectious or toxic agent.ep·i·dem·ic dis·ease (ep'i-dem'ik di-zēz') Marked increase in prevalence of a disease in a specific population or geographic area, usually with an environmental cause, such as an infectious or toxic agent. epidemic disease
Related to epidemic disease: endemic disease, sporadic diseaseWords related to epidemic diseasenoun any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many peopleRelated Words- pest
- pestilence
- plague
- infectious disease
- pestis
- Bornholm disease
- diaphragmatic pleurisy
- epidemic myalgia
- epidemic pleurodynia
- myosis
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