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Epidemic vs Pandemedic - What's the difference?

epidemic | pandemedic |

epidemic

English

(wikipedia epidemic)

Alternative forms

* epidemick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
  • (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.

    • Antonyms

    * endemic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread
    • Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.
  • * 2003 , James C. Howell, Preventing & Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework , SAGE Publications, ISBN 978-0-7619-2509-5, page 19:
    • This proportion increased about 5% from 1988 to 1992—hardly a change of epidemic proportions.

    Antonyms

    * endemic

    Related terms

    * pandemic

    See also

    * epizootic * enzootic

    Anagrams

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    pandemedic

    Not English

    Pandemedic has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'pandemedic':

    pentameric, pantomimic, pentanoic, pentametric, phantomatic