epidemic : Idioms & Phrases
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epidemic cholera
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noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Indian cholera; cholera; Asiatic cholera.
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epidemic disease
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noun any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
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epidemic encephalitis
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noun an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
sleeping sickness; encephalitis lethargica; sleepy sickness; lethargic encephalitis.
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epidemic hysertia
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noun a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation
mass hysteria.
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epidemic meningitis
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noun meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
cerebrospinal fever; cerebrospinal meningitis; brain fever.
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epidemic myalgia
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noun an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
diaphragmatic pleurisy; myosis; Bornholm disease; epidemic myalgia.
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epidemic parotitis
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noun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
mumps.
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epidemic pleurodynia
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noun an acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)
diaphragmatic pleurisy; myosis; Bornholm disease; epidemic myalgia.
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epidemic roseola
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noun a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
three-day measles; rubella; German measles.
