epidemia — meaning in English

English meaning

• epidemic noun An outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in a population at once.
• pest noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.

Senses

epidemia is used for these senses in English:

• pest (now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

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.

pest — full definition

1. noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
2. noun An annoying person, especially one who keeps bothering others.

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