EPIDEMICAL
\ˌɛpɪdˈɛmɪkə͡l], \ˌɛpɪdˈɛmɪkəl], \ˌɛ_p_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_k_əl]\
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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.
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