epidemic disease

Noun

Meaning

any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

infectious disease

Hypernyms

infectious disease

Hyponyms

plague smallpox pestilence pest pestis myosis

Examples

Whining is a virus, a lethal, infectious, epidemic disease. Peter Høeg

If today the Middle Ages are retiring into the thick shadows of convents, it is due to triumphant skepticism; and if the epidemic disease of religion no longer appears with the terrible intensity of former times, it is due to the diminution of the political power of the Church. Benito Mussolini

Close letter words and terms

epidemic arthritic erythema epidemic cholera epidemic conjunctivitis epidemic encephalitis epidemic erythema epidemic hysertia