English dictionary

epidemic

/,/E/p/I/'d/E/m/I/k/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

adj.all

Examples
An epidemic outbreak of influenza.

Antonyms endemic endemical

Source: WordNet 3.0
Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time

noun.event

Source: WordNet 3.0
An epidemic disease.

noun

Source: webster1913