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farsot — 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.

Senses

farsot is used for these senses in English:

  • epidemic A widespread disease that affects many humans in a population.
  • pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

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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