(a) an epidemic; (b) ? the falling sickness, epilepsy.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > epidemic disease (7) land-evil?c1225 (a) an epidemic; (b) ? the falling sickness, epilepsy. epidemy1472 Originally: †an acute disease that arises suddenly and unexpectedly and affects many individuals (obsolete). In later use: a sudden occurrence of… land-illc1500 an epidemic (cf. land-evil n.). epidemic1666 An epidemic disease (cf. sense A. 1a); a sudden, widespread occurrence of such a disease. epidemical1676 An epidemic disease, or occurrence of such a disease; = epidemic, n. 2a. Obsolete. rare. exidemic1847 = epidemic, n. 2a Subcategories:— channel (1) |
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