← Back to browseepidemicnoun#10,052Translations悪疫あくえき疫癘えきれい伝染病でんせんびょう病気の流行びょうきのりゅうこうEnglish definitiona widespread outbreak of an infectious diseaseExamplesAn epidemic has broken out.A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.Similar wordsepidemicsepidermicepidemiologicepidemiologyepistemicendemic← interpolhonoured →