| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic.[Websters]
2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.[Websters] 3. Being contagious, infectious, communicable, transmissible or infective. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb epidemically.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (epidemically) | 1. In an epidemic manner.[Websters]. 2. In a prevalent, widespread or ascendant manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a pandemic, general, worldwide, catholic or public manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an evil or cruel manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"EPIDEMICAL" is a common misspelling or typo for: epidermical. |
Date "EPIDEMICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EPIDEMICAL
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Common to many people. An epidemic disease is one which seizes a great number of people, at the same time, or in the same season. Thus we speak of epidemic measles; epidemic fever; epidemic catarrh. It is used in distinction from endemic or local. Intemperate persons have every thing to fear from an epidemic influenza. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EPIDEMICAL
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Porcine epidemical abortion | Biology & Biotechnology | A new disease which results in unusual numbers of abortions or premature farrowings in sows and deaths and weakness in young piglets which cannot otherwise be attributed to a known disease. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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