EPIDEMIC

Meaning of EPIDEMIC in English

A sudden outbreak as, for example, of cholera. The opposite of endemic (continuously present). The word epidemic came from the Greek "epidemios" meaning "among the people."

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

EPIDEMIC — adj epidemic, epidemical
Interlingua English vocab
EPIDEMIC — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) influenza epidemic of 1918–19 {{link=Spanish influenza epidemic">Spanish influenza epidemic
Английский словарь Британика
EPIDEMIC — I. |epə|demik, -mēk adjective also ep·i·dem·i·cal -mə̇kəl, -mēk- Etymology: French épidémique, from Middle French epidemique, from epidemie epidemic (n.) (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — (n.) Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic …
Английский словарь Webster
EPIDEMIC — (n.) An epidemic disease.
Английский словарь Webster
EPIDEMIC — ( n. ) Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — ( n. ) An epidemic disease.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — I. ˌe-pə-ˈde-mik adjective Etymology: French épidémique, from Middle French, from epidemie, noun, epidemic, from Late Latin epidemia, from Greek epidēmia …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — noun an epidemic disease. 2. epidemic ·adj ·alt. of epidemical. 3. epidemic ·noun anything which takes possession of the minds …
Webster English vocab
EPIDEMIC — [ep.i.dem.ic] adj [F epidemique, fr. MF, fr. epidemie, n., epidemic, fr. LL epidemia, fr. Gk epidemia visit, epidemic, fr. epidemos …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPIDEMIC — an occurrence of disease that is temporarily of high prevalence. An epidemic occurring over a wide geographical area is called …
Britannica English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — epidemic BrE AmE ˌep ɪ ˈdem ɪk ◂ § \ -ə- ▷ epidemic|ally ə l‿i ▷ epidemic|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — / ˌepɪˈdemɪk; NAmE / noun 1. a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — ep ‧ i ‧ dem ‧ ic /ˌepəˈdemɪk◂, ˌepɪˈdemɪk◂/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EPIDEMIC — ( epidemics) 1. If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES assume epidemic etc proportions formal (= become or seem very great ) ▪ Unless you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — [noun] [C] - the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people in the same period of …
Cambridge English vocab
EPIDEMIC — n. epidemic parotitis influenza epidemic of 191819 Spanish influenza epidemic
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EPIDEMIC — n. Function: noun the sudden widespread occurrence of something felt to resemble an epidemic disease FF1C; an epidemic of art …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EPIDEMIC — noun the sudden widespread occurrence of something felt to resemble an epidemic disease an epidemic of art forgeries Synonyms: outbreak, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major ▪ global , national , worldwide ▪ growing ▪ deadly , devastating ▪ cholera , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — n. 25B6; noun an epidemic of typhoid : OUTBREAK, plague, pandemic, epizootic. a joyriding epidemic : SPATE, rash, wave, eruption, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — adj. 1 widespread, universal, prevalent, prevailing, rampant, general, wide-ranging, pandemic The disease has reached epidemic proportions n. 2 plague, pestilence, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EPIDEMIC — 1. сущ. эпидемия to touch off, trigger an epidemic ≈ вызывать эпидемию to contain, control an epidemic ≈ сдерживать эпидемию …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPIDEMIC — epidemic.ogg 1. ͵epıʹdemık n 1> эпидемия a cholera epidemic has broken out - разразилась эпидемия холеры 2> вспышка an epidemic …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EPIDEMIC — эпидемия || эпидемический - general epidemic - recurrent epidemic - simple epidemic - stochastic epidemic
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EPIDEMIC — epidemic сущ.эпидемия to touch off, trigger an epidemic — вызывать эпидемию to contain, control an epidemic — сдерживать эпидемию an …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EPIDEMIC — 1. ͵epıʹdemık n 1) эпидемия a cholera epidemic has broken out - разразилась эпидемия холеры 2> вспышка an epidemic of …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EPIDEMIC — 1. сущ. эпидемия to touch off, trigger an epidemic — вызывать эпидемию to contain, control an epidemic — сдерживать эпидемию …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EPIDEMIC — 1. сущ. эпидемия to touch off, trigger an epidemic — вызывать эпидемию to contain, control an epidemic — сдерживать эпидемию an epidemic breaks out …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EPIDEMIC — 1. сущ. эпидемия to touch off, trigger an epidemic ≈ вызывать эпидемию to contain, control an epidemic ≈ сдерживать эпидемию …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPIDEMIC — (noun) epidemie (-ic)
English interlingue dictionary
EPIDEMIC — kamatay
English-Visayan vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — I. adjective see: demagogue Date: 1603 affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPIDEMIC — (a.) Alt. of Epidemical
Английский словарь Webster
EPIDEMIC — ( a. ) Alt. of Epidemical
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — — epidemically , adv. — epidemicity /ep'i deuh mis"i tee/ , n. /ep'i dem"ik/ , adj. 1. Also, epidemical . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — adj. (about a disease) affecting many people at once; widespread, very common
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EPIDEMIC — n. outbreak, plague, something which spreads quickly (i.e. a disease)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EPIDEMIC — n. Function: noun Date: 1757 1 : an outbreak of epidemic disease 2 : an outbreak or product of sudden …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — n. Pronunciation: ˌ e-p ə - ' de-mik Function: adjective Etymology: French épidémique, from Middle French, from epidemie, noun, epidemic, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — ■ noun a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. ↘a sudden, widespread occurrence …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EPIDEMIC — n. & adj. --n. 1 a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time. 2 such …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EPIDEMIC — n. & adj. n. 1 a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time. 2 such …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EPIDEMIC — n. & adj. --n. 1. a widespread occurrence of a disease in a community at a particular time. 2 such …
Oxford English vocab
EPIDEMIC — (~s) 1. If there is an ~ of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EPIDEMIC — Synonyms and related words : abounding, abundant, affluent, all-sufficing, ambulatory plague, ample, aplenty, average, besetting, black death, black plague, bottomless, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — a. ; ( also ~al ) General, prevailing, prevalent, pandemic.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
EPIDEMIC — I. noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
EPIDEMIC — See ↑ ILLNESS/DISEASE 5, ↑ LOT 5
Longman Activator English vocab
EPIDEMIC — n. 1) to touch off, trigger an ~ 2) to contain, control an ~ 3) an ~ breaks out; spreads …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
EPIDEMIC — Widespread outbreak of a disease, or a large number of cases of a disease in a single community or relatively …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
EPIDEMIC — an outbreak of a disease within a population. See also pandemic.
AIDS English Glossary
EPIDEMIC — Эпидемия
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EPIDEMIC — (n) эпидемия
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EPIDEMIC — (a) эпидемический
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EPIDEMIC — 1. [͵epıʹdemık] n 1) эпидемия a cholera ~ has broken out - разразилась эпидемия холеры 2) вспышка an ~ of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EPIDEMIC — adj. эпидемический
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EPIDEMIC — n. эпидемия, вспышка болезни
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EPIDEMIC — adj. эпидемический
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EPIDEMIC — n. эпидемия, вспышка болезни
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
EPIDEMIC — эпидемия; эпидемический
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
EPIDEMIC — эпидемия; эпидемический
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
EPIDEMIC — 1. _n. эпидемия 2. _a. эпидемический
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

English Dictionary of Medicine

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