EPIDEMIC
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{ Ep`i*dem"ic (?), Ep`i*dem"ic*al (?), } a. [L. epidemus, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, among the people, epidemic; &unr_; in + &unr_; people: cf. F. épidémique. Cf. Demagogue.] 1. (Med.) 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.
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2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.
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It was the epidemical sin of the nation.
Bp. Burnet.
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Ep`i*dem"ic (?), n. [Cf. Epidemy.] 1. (Med.) An epidemic disease.
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2. Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.
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