epidemic

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A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

• The flu epidemic affected thousands of people last winter.
• Health officials are working to contain the epidemic.
• The city declared a state of emergency during the cholera epidemic.
• Public health researchers traced the obesity epidemic to changes in dietary patterns over the past three decades.
• The opioid epidemic has overwhelmed treatment facilities and prompted urgent policy interventions across multiple states.
• Historical records document how the typhus epidemic of the nineteenth century disproportionately affected urban populations.

Eş anlamlılar: outbreak, plague, pandemic, contagion

Belirli bir istenmeyen olgunun ani ve yaygın görülmesi

A sudden, widespread occurrence of a particular undesirable phenomenon.

• The country is facing an epidemic of youth unemployment.
• There's been an epidemic of car thefts in the neighborhood.
• Social media has contributed to an epidemic of misinformation.

Eş anlamlılar: outbreak, wave, surge, rash

Salgın gibi yaygın

Of the nature or extent of an epidemic; widespread.

• Violence has reached epidemic proportions in the region.
• The problem has become epidemic in recent years.
• Obesity is epidemic among adults in many developed countries.

Eş anlamlılar: widespread, rampant, prevalent, rife

Zıt anlamlılar: isolated, sporadic, rare