Both Uses of
epidemic
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- Or how many epidemics are raging here.†
Chpt 44-03 *
- The typhus epidemic that broke out in the winter of 1944-1945, as a result of the horrendous hygenic conditions, killed thousands of prisoners, including Margot and, a few days later, Anne.†
Chpt Aft.
Definition:
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(epidemic) a widespread outbreak of a disease that is passed from one person (or other organism) to another
or more rarely: anything that spreads quickly -- especially something bad