epidemic - Definition of epidemic noun (DISEASE) from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/ n

[C] the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time

a flu/AIDS epidemic

(Definition of epidemic noun (DISEASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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epidemic noun (DISEASE) is in the topic Passing on illness and causing disease.

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