epidemic
nouns
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
is a type of (narrower)
a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
"the outbreak of hostilities"
adjectives
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
"an epidemic outbreak of influenza"
is similar to
(of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area
"an epiphytotic blight of potatoes"; "epiphytotic conditions associated with a single-plant agriculture"
is similar to
(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
"an epizootic disease"
is similar to
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
domain category
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
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