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epidemical
Variant of epidemic
adjective
prevalent and spreading rapidly among many individuals in a community at the same time: said esp. of a serious human contagious disease
also epidemical
noun
- an epidemic disease
- the rapid spreading of such a disease
- a rapid, widespread occurrence or growth
Related Forms:
- epidemically adverb
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