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Definition of Epidemic
Epidemic

Alt. of Epidemical

An epidemic disease.

Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

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Epidemic Quotations

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
George Bernard Shaw

There's a huge AIDS epidemic in Africa, and one of Bad Boy's plans this year is to give more awareness to that. We're gonna be doing a big charity concert helping to save some of the brothers and sisters in Africa.
Puff Daddy

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
Wallace Stevens

It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.
Jared Diamond

We have an epidemic of sexual predators following our children, whether it be on the computers, whether it be in our public parks, whether it be in the workplace, or even our schools.
Jon Porter

Abstinence, being faithful and correct and consistent condom use are the only ways to successfully reach everyone when discussing HIV prevention. I believe that the abstinence message alone does not solve the AIDS epidemic.
Ashley Judd

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China.
Iris Chang

We must continue our fight to ensure that Federal, State, and local authorities have the resources and support necessary to combat this growing epidemic. This is a top priority for me and many of my colleagues here in Congress.
Ron Lewis

All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.
Ethel Waters

One out of six women are toxic with mercury. Mercury comes out of coal plants and chlorine plants. I am toxic, I deal with symptoms, children are born with, you know, autism - there is an epidemic in this country. This is like, the air that we breath.
Daphne Zuniga

Epidemic Translations

epidemic in French is contagion
epidemic in German is Seuche, Epidemie
epidemic in Latin is pestis pestis
epidemic in Norwegian is farsott, epidemi, epidemisk
epidemic in Spanish is epidemia
epidemic in Swedish is farsot, epidemi, epidemi


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