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Categories: Epidemics, Biological hazards, Articles with short description
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epidemic  Contractible disease  epidemic diseases  Epidemic illnesses  epidemics
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A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time WordNet 3.0
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A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. Wikipedia
Disease that spreads rapidly. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time Wikidata
A sudden increase in the incidence rate of a disease to a value above normal, affecting large numbers of people and spread over a wide area. OmegaWiki
An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Wiktionary
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