The disease was so widespread that it was now an epidemic.
an epidemic disease
There is an epidemic of flu spreading across the country.
There was an epidemic outbreak of measles in the summer of 1978. The measles outbreak has reached epidemic proportions in 1978.
The doctor suggested everyone in the town to get a flu shot so the area was free of an epidemic.
Some diseases can be very epidemic.
Epidemic is an outbreak of a disease in a particular area.
The epidemic was caused by a highly contagious virus.
If that disease is not contained and stopped, it could become an epidemic.
Preventing an epidemic from going pandemic is crucial to order in the city.
The virus has hit epidemic proportions, in just two weeks.
An epidemic of the flu would bring the city to a screeching halt.