📖 Определения и значения для слова epidemic
📒 a large number of cases of a particular disease or medical condition happening at the same time in a particular community
- the outbreak of a flu epidemic
- An epidemic of measles broke out, and over 200 children died.
- Effectively, tobacco companies will be exporting an epidemic of smoking-related diseases, the campaign suggests.
📒 a sudden rapid increase in how often something bad happens
- A recent report describes an epidemic of crime in the inner cities.