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Webster 1913 Edition

Epidemic

Epˊi-dem′ic

,

Noun.

[Cf.

.]

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

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Epidemic

EPIDEM'IC