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epidemic

noun
/ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/

Etymology

From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Medieval Latin epidēmia, reanalysis of plural Late Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). By surface analysis, epi- (“on”) + demic (“of the people”).

  1. derived from ἐπιδήμιος
  2. derived from epidēmia
  3. derived from epidēmia
  4. derived from épidémique

Definitions

  1. A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.

    • At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].

  2. An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than…

    An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a human population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.

  3. A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.

    2. Of, related to, or being an epidemic

      Of, related to, or being an epidemic: a widespread outbreak of disease in humans.

    3. Like an epidemic

      Like an epidemic: widespread in a bad way.

      • Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.
      • [In] May, there was, at London and in its neighbourhood, a disease very epidemic, though not fatal, which had some time before been very prevalent both in Italy and Germany.
      • The major reason for such an examination was to determine if any patterns uncovered seemed to be more epidemic than endemic.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiepidemic, epicurve, epidemic curve, epidemiclike, iatroepidemic, infodemic, interepidemic, microepidemic, midepidemic, panepidemic, post-epidemic, postepidemic, pre-epidemic, preepidemic, pseudoepidemic, subepidemic, syndemic, virgin soil epidemic, hyperepidemic, ecoepidemic, endemoepidemic, epidemically, epidemicity, nonepidemic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for epidemic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA