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Meanings of epidemic in English

Russian
эпидемия
Portuguese
doença epidêmica
Spanish
epidemias
Catalan
epidèmies
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Rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time.

        эпидемия
        Portuguese
        epidêmico

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

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              Usage of epidemic in English
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              Ultimately, however, the obesity epidemic requires a major focus on primary prevention.
              Pubmed
              2
              An epidemic of infectious diseases brought great psychological pressure to the public.
              Pubmed
              3
              Public health measures were decisive in controlling the SARS epidemic in 2003.
              Pubmed
              4
              The water crisis in Burundi is an epidemic for the children there.
              Ebony
              5
              Let me ask your opinion, Father, about this epidemic of predatory priests.
              Boston noir
              6
              In the latter case however, the hepatitis C epidemic cautions against complacency.
              Pubmed
              7
              However, he said it was too soon to declare the epidemic over.
              Radio NZ
              8
              Aug. 15: MSF says epidemic will take about six months to control.
              Reuters
              9
              Something else clearly played a role in reversing New York's crime epidemic.
              The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
              10
              Implementation of environmental and control measures brought the epidemic to an end.
              Pubmed
              11
              They have seen families, indeed entire communities, destroyed by the drugs epidemic.
              The Irish Times
              12
              The government says Germany is still at the beginning of the epidemic.
              Reuters
              13
              The World Health Organisation has labelled diabetes the next major world epidemic.
              The Irish Times
              14
              And he says depression is a modern health epidemic in our culture.
              Radio NZ
              15
              The streets were full of it; in Harvard it became an epidemic.
              Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
              16
              Pandemic An epidemic of serious disease spreading rapidly in many countries simultaneously.
              BBC
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