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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ep·i·dem·ic
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
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 English Etymology epidemic c.1600, from Fr. épidémique, from épidemié "an epidemic disease," from M.L. epidemia, from Gk. epidemia "prevalence of an epidemic disease" (especially the plague), from epi- "among, upon" + demos "people, district" (see demotic). Epidemiology"the study of epidemics" is from 1873. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 epidemic epi·dem·ic / 7epi5demik / noun1. a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community 流行病: the outbreak of a flu epidemic 流感的爆发 an epidemic of measles 麻疹的流行 2. a sudden rapid increase in how often sth bad happens (迅速的)泛滥,蔓延: an epidemic of crime in the inner cities 市内中心区犯罪活动盛行 • epi·dem·ic adj.: Car theft is now reaching epidemic proportions. 汽车偷盗现已近泛滥成灾。 ⇨ compare pandemic Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English epidemic noun ADJ. major | widespread, worldwide | cholera, flu, typhoid, etc. EPIDEMIC + VERB break out, strike (sth) A typhus epidemic struck in the winter of 1919?20. | spread, sweep (sth) the flu epidemic sweeping the country PREP. during/in an/the ~ Over fifty people died during the flu epidemic last winter. | ~ of an epidemic of cholera PHRASES reach epidemic proportions Marriage breakdown in the West has reached epidemic proportions. OLT epidemic noun ⇨ wave 3 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: epidemic parotitis , or epidemic pleurodynia , or epidemic tremor ep·i·dem·ic I. \|epə|demik, -mēk\ adjective also ep·i·dem·i·cal \-mə̇kəl, -mēk-\ Etymology: French épidémique, from Middle French epidemique, from epidemie epidemic (n.) (from Late Latin epidemia, from Greek epidēmia visit, epidemic, from epidēmos visiting, prevalent, epidemic — from epi- + dēmos deme, populace — + -ia -y) + -ique -ic, -ical — more at dem- 1. a. of a communicable disease (1) : affecting or tending to affect many persons within a community, area, or region at one time < many children died that winter of epidemic fevers > < typhoid was epidemic > broadly : pandemic — distinguished from endemic (2) : epiphytotic or epizootic — not used technically b. : prevalent especially to a degree felt to be excessive < padded shoulders became epidemic in the late thirties — Lois Long > common ; specifically of economic insects : present in such numbers as to constitute a plague < this defoliator became epidemic in 1949 > c. : contagious 3 < an epidemic personality > < epidemic laughter > 2. : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic < the outbreak was of epidemic proportions > < the epidemic phase of the grasshopper cycle > • ep·i·dem·i·cal·ly \-mə̇k(ə)lē, -mēk-, -li\ adverb II. noun (-s) 1. a. : an outbreak of epidemic disease < the Indonesian malaria epidemic > < plagues, epidemics, heat, and other trials > b. : an outbreak of something felt to resemble an epidemic disease especially in its rapid spread < harnessed Niagara did not start a hydroelectric epidemic — Roger Burlingame > < the ugly epidemic of rioting which flared clear across the nation — E.A.Gray > 2. : a product of epidemic spread, growth, or development; specifically : a natural population (as of insects) suddenly and greatly enlarged |
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