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"Widespread outbreak"2 answers
epidemic8 letterspandemic8 letters
Filled answer is this word (EPIDEMIC).
Definitions
A rapid spread of disease or another problem through a community.
Word origin
From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Medieval Latin epidēmia, reanalysis of plural Late Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). By surface analysis, epi- (“on”) + demic (“of the people”).
Used in a sentence
“At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].”
“The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.”
“Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.”
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