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Definition of Epidemic disease
1. Noun. Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people.
Specialized synonyms: Pest, Pestilence, Plague, Pest, Pestilence, Pestis, Plague, Bornholm Disease, Diaphragmatic Pleurisy, Epidemic Myalgia, Epidemic Pleurodynia, Myosis
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease
Medical Definition of Epidemic disease
1. Marked increase in prevalence of a disease in a specific population or area, usually with an environmental cause, such as an infectious or toxic agent. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epidemic Disease
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