Usually means: Widespread outbreak of infectious disease.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. epidemic: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. epidemic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. epidemic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. epidemic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. epidemic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Epidemic, epidemic: Wordnik
  7. epidemic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. epidemic: Wiktionary
  9. epidemic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. epidemic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. epidemic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. epidemic: Dictionary.com
  13. epidemic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. epidemic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Epidemic (EP), Epidemic (band), Epidemic (disambiguation), Epidemic (film), Epidemic (video game), Epidemic, Epidemic, The Epidemic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Epidemic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. epidemic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. epidemic: Rhymezone
  19. epidemic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. epidemic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. epidemic: Free Dictionary
  22. epidemic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. epidemic: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. epidemic: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. epidemic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Epidemic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. epidemic: Medical dictionary
  12. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. Epidemic: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epidemic: Africa Glossary
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. epidemic: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Epidemic: Geography Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. epidemic: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See epidemical as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
noun:  (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period; an episode of outbreak and subsequent high prevalence.
noun:  (by extension, colloquial) A heightened occurrence of anything harmful.
noun:  (figurative) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
adjective:  Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread.

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