epidemical

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to or denoting the occurrence or spread of an infectious disease in a community or population.

• A sudden and widespread outbreak or spread of a disease.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with epidemical
demise , empire , epic , episode , epitome , peril , trial

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Variants

List of all variants of epidemical that leads to same result
epidemic , epidemical , epidemically , epidemicities , epidemicity

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Etymology

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From Greek epidēmios, 'among the people' + -ikos, 'suffix forming nouns denoting a condition or quality'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'epidemic' was first used in English in the 14th century to describe the outbreak of the bubonic plague.

2. The deadliest epidemic in human history was the Black Death, which killed an estimated 75-200 million people in the 14th century.

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Related Concepts

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1. Pandemic: A pandemic is an epidemic that has spread over a large geographic area, affecting a significant portion of the population. An epidemic becomes a pandemic when it crosses international borders and affects multiple countries or continents.

2. Endemic: An endemic disease is one that is regularly found among a particular population or geographic area. Endemic diseases are typically not spread widely beyond that population or area.

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Quotes

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1. {it}Saturday Night Fever{/it} propelled disco fever to "epidemic" proportions: By 1978, 40 percent of all the music on Billboard's Hot 100 was disco.

   - Peter Braunstein,{it}American Heritage{/it},November 1999

2. The dream of running off to live the good life in a postcard perfect town in the mountains or by the sea often reaches "epidemic" proportions near the end of summer.

   - John Rasmus,{it}National Geographic{/it},September 2004

3. Overuse injuries—particularly in the elbows and shoulders of young pitchers—are indeed becoming "epidemic". Orthopedists often blame coaches and parents for failing to monitor how many pitches kids are throwing and for not giving them time to rest their arms.

   - Sara Corbett,{it}New York Times Sports Magazine{/it},June 2006

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Culture

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The term 'epidemical' has been used extensively in literature, particularly in medical and scientific contexts, to describe the occurrence and spread of diseases. For example, in Albert Camus' 'The Plague', the term is used to describe the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the Algerian city of Oran.

How to Memorize "epidemical"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a crowd of people coughing and sneezing, representing the spread of an infectious disease.

2. associate
   

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the mnemonic 'Epidemics: Every Person Infected, Disease Epidemiology' to help memorize the meaning of the word.

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