Epidemic Disease

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Epidemic Disease

Definition: Epidemic Disease

Epidemic Disease

Noun

1. Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Crosswords: Epidemic Disease

English words defined with "epidemic disease": Asiatic cholera ♦ Bornholm disease ♦ diaphragmatic pleurisy ♦ epidemic, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia, Epidemical, Epidemy ♦ myosis ♦ Pebrine, pesthole, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential, plague, plaguelike, plaguey ♦ Sporadic cholera, sweating sickness. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epidemic disease": Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic ♦ Legionnaires'disease ♦ Monkeypox Virus ♦ Rickettsia prowazekii ♦ Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne. (references)

Commercial Usage: Epidemic Disease

Domain	Title
Books	Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India (reference) The Disordered Body: Epidemic Disease and Cultural Trasformation (Suny Series in Medical Anthropology) (reference) Food Shortage, Climatic Variability, and Epidemic Disease in Preindustrial Europe: The Mortality Peak in the Early 1740s (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Epidemic Disease

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Predicting epidemics of dengue and DHF is difficult but, as noted previously, the frequency of epidemic disease has increased significantly in the past 20 years. (references)
		Preventing epidemic disease requires a coordinated community effort to increase awareness about dengue/DHF, how to recognize it, and how to control the mosquito that transmits it. Residents are responsible for keeping their yards and patios free of sites where mosquitoes can be produced. (references)
Indigenous People	Ecuador	Land is scarce in the more heavily populated highland areas, where high infant mortality, malnutrition, and epidemic disease are common. (references)
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Modern Translations: Epidemic Disease

Language		Translations for "epidemic disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		流行病 . (various references)

Pig Latin		epidemicay iseaseday

Portuguese		epidêmico (epidemiological). (various references)

Spanish		enfermedad epidémica. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Epidemic Disease

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-e-e-i-i-i-m-p-s-s"
	-5 letters: diapedeses, diapedesis, sidepieces.
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Alternative Orthography: Epidemic Disease

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0070 0069 0064 0065 006D 0069 0063 0044 0069 0073 0065 0061 0073 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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