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Definition
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
or more rarely: anything that spreads quickly — especially something bad
- When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases.Chapter 20 (69% in)
- Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic.Chapter 53 (9% in)
There are no more uses of "epidemic" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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