Epidemic



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• adj. 传染性的, 流行性的
• ［英］ adj. 传染性的, 流行性的 ( ［of contagious disease］prevalent and spreading rapidly in a community)
• ［记］ epi ( 在...外) +dim ( 人民) +ic -> 在一群人之外 -> 流行_性的
• ［同］ 参考: endemic ( n. 地方病; adj. 地方性的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: French épidémique, from Middle French, from epidemie, noun, epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from Greek epidēmia visit, epidemic, from epidēmos visiting, epidemic, from epi- + dēmos people — more at demagogue
• Date: 1603
• 1. affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time <typhoid was epidemic>
• 2.
  • a. excessively prevalent
  • b. contagious 4 <epidemic laughter>
• 3. of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic <the practice had reached epidemic proportions>
• ? epidemical adjective
• ? epidemically adverb
• ? epidemicity noun

II. noun

• Date: 1757
• 1. an outbreak of epidemic disease
• 2. an outbreak or product of sudden rapid spread, growth, or development <an epidemic of bankruptcies>

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