Both Uses of
epidemic
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- Malnourishment-related diseases were epidemic.†
p. 149.6
- Malnutrition-related diseases were epidemic, as was explosive diarrhea—"the benjo [latrine] boogie"—which led men to swallow lumps of coal to slow the digestive waterfall.†
p. 177.3 *
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