epidemic
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
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- epidemic derivation
Sense 2 adjective
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
an epidemic outbreak of influenza
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | epidemic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | outbreak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pandemic |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | ecdemic |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | endemic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | epidemic |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | epiphytotic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | epizootic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pandemic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | plaguey |