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epidemic | American Dictionary

epidemic
noun[ C ]
us/ˌep·ɪˈdem·ɪk/
the appearance of a particular disease in a very large number of people during the same period of time:
a flu epidemic

Examples of epidemic

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Further work is needed to study the impact of this assumption on the size and the duration of the simulated epidemics.
Although there were intermittent periods when the populations could recover and indeed expand, subsequent new epidemics took a terrible toll.
The resulting typhoid ('enteric fever ' or maagkoors) epidemics claimed victims annually and the tenants' ignorance of basic hygiene perpetuated the cycle.
The lack of sustained growth in expenditure on this service is perhaps unsurprising, given the receding threat of epidemics.
Introductions to naive host populations elsewhere have caused severe epidemics.
In the absence of vaccination, epidemics expand rapidly and can last for several months, usually stopping with the onset of the rains [7].
The age distribution of cases was consistent with that previously observed in meningococcal disease epidemics.
Very few studies have estimated the impact of measles epidemics in a group of vaccine decliners on a surrounding population of vaccine acceptors.
We assume an initial infection prevalence of between 2 and 10 % at the start of the simulated epidemics.
Serious morbidity and mortality associated with influenza epidemics.
Larger post-immunization epidemics may however, still occur if coverage is not maintained at uniformly high levels.
We conjecture that antibodies lacking in durability have become prevalent in the population resulting in the disappearance of large epidemics since 1992.
Among the different epidemiological situations, human hypo- to hyperendemic areas, including epidemics, are noteworthy.
The magnitudes of the epidemics and the time interval between them, were dependent on the rate at which fish were added to the populations.
High mortality rates are usually linked with war and epidemics.
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cholera epidemic
He sent strict orders to the cabinet to prohibit it, citing a choleraepidemic in the capital as justification.
epidemic curve
The likely dates of infection were identified from the epidemic curve.
epidemic proportions
Given these epidemic proportions, surprisingly little developmental research has focused on how children understand traumatic experiences.
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