epidemic
C1UK /ˌepɪˈdemɪk/US /ˌepɪˈdemɪk/
Meaning
noun
a large number of cases of a particular disease or medical condition happening at the same time in a particular community
“the outbreak of a flu epidemic”
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“the terrible HIV epidemic that takes down the life expectancy of the African countries and all the rest of the world moves up into the corner where we have long lives and”
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