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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parotitis \Par`o*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See {Parotid}, and {-itis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands. {Epidemic}, or {Infectious}, {parotitis}, mumps. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epidemic \Ep`i*dem"ic\, Epidemical \Ep`i*dem"ic*al\, a. [L. epidemus Gr ?, ?, among the people, epidemic; ? in + ? people: cf F. ['e]pid['e]mique. Cf {Demagogue}.] 1. (Med.) 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}. 2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does as epidemic rage; an epidemic evil. It was the epidemical sin of the nation. --Bp. Burnet. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Epidemic \Ep`i*dem"ic\, n. [Cf. {Epidemy}.] 1. (Med.) An epidemic disease. 2. Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as an epidemic of terror. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epidemic adj : (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza" [ant: {endemic}] n : a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
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