epidemiclike

English

Etymology

epidemic +‎ -like

Adjective

epidemiclike (comparative more epidemiclike, superlative most epidemiclike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an epidemic.
    • 1989, Corinne Balog Cataldo, Jacquelyn R. Nyenhuis, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Nutrition and diet therapy: principles and practice:
      Major epidemiclike deficiency diseases, such as pellagra and beriberi, are no longer seen in the United States and Canada […]
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