Both Uses of
epidemic
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases.†
Chpt 20 *
- Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic.†
Chpt 53
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