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When there is an epidemic, there is a disease that is spreading to many people at the same time. An epidemic affects many people in one particular area, such as in one city or in one country.
The school had an epidemic of measles.The children stayed home from school during the epidemic to help keep the disease from spreading.- similar words:
- pandemic, plague
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epidemically (adv.) |
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