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luēs — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • epidemic noun An outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in a population at once.
  • pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

luēs is used for these senses in English:

  • pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
  • plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

epidemic — full definition

  1. noun An outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in a population at once.
  2. noun A sudden, widespread increase in something harmful or undesirable.
  3. adjective Spreading quickly and widely, especially something harmful.

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