Epidemia in english
Epidemic
pronunciation: epədemɪk part of speech: noun, adjective
pronunciation: epədemɪk part of speech: noun, adjective
In gestures
epidemia = epidemic ; infestation.
Example: In UDC under 361 SOCIAL RELIEF we find .9 Relief or aid in emergencies, disasters; .91 Earthquakes, storms, hurricanes; .92 Floods; .93 War, civil war; .94 epidemics; .95 Famine; and .96 Fires, conflagrations.Example: Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion = Accounts were given of various recent major and smaller disasters such as extreme weather conditions, power failures, explosions, civil disruption, mould, infestations and spontaneous combustion.more:
» epidemia + arrasar = epidemic + rage .
Example: Evidence is slight that books ever helped spread the epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever that raged in US and European cities at the turn of the century = Existen escasas pruebas de que los libros ayudaran alguna vez a extender las epidemias de viruela, tuberculosis y escarlatina que arrasaron ciudades estadounidenses y europeas a finales de siglo .» epidemia de gripe = flu epidemic .
Example: French health officials warned Wednesday that the country is officially in the clutches of a flu epidemic.