flu epidemic

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• flu — [flu:] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: influenza] a common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot = ↑influenza ▪ Steven s still in bed with flu . ▪ She s got …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• epidemic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major ▪ global, national, worldwide ▪ growing ▪ deadly, devastating …   Collocations dictionary

• epidemic — 01. There was an [epidemic] of hoof and mouth disease among farm animals in the U.K. in 2001. 02. The spread of AIDS has reached [epidemic] proportions in certain parts of Africa. 03. A flu [epidemic] has caused at least 3 deaths in the city. 04 …   Grammatical examples in English

• epidemic — ep|i|dem|ic [ˌepıˈdemık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: épidémique, from Greek epidemos visiting ] 1.) a large number of cases of a disease that happen at the same time →↑pandemic ▪ Over 500 people died during last year s flu epidemic.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• epidemic — [[t]e̱pɪde̱mɪk[/t]] epidemics 1) N COUNT: oft n N, N of n If there is an epidemic of a particular disease somewhere, it affects a very large number of people there and spreads quickly to other areas. A flu epidemic is sweeping through Moscow.… …   English dictionary

• epidemic — I UK [ˌepɪˈdemɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms epidemic : singular epidemic plural epidemics a) a situation in which a disease spreads very quickly and infects many people a flu epidemic an epidemic of typhoid b) a sudden increase in… …   English dictionary

• epidemic — ep|i|dem|ic1 [ ,epı demık ] noun count a situation in which a disease spreads very quickly and infects many people: a flu epidemic an epidemic of typhoid a. a sudden increase in something bad or unpleasant that affects many people: An epidemic of …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• epidemic — noun (C) 1 a large number of cases of a particular infectious disease occurring at the same time: a flu epidemic. 2 a sudden increase in the amount of times that something bad happens: the recent epidemic of car thefts epidemic adjective:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• epidemic — n. 1) to touch off, trigger an epidemic 2) to contain, control an epidemic 3) an epidemic breaks out; spreads 4) a cholera; flu; measles; typhoid; typhus epidemic * * * [ˌepɪ demɪk] control an epidemic flu measles spreads trigger an epidemic …   Combinatory dictionary

• flu — [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• flu — [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza… …   Word origins