EPIDEMIA

(Lat.), n's f. E2p-i2-de2m- (dam)-e(a)'si2s, -dem(dam)'i2-a3. Gr., eirtBrjju.T)cris, eiriSrj/tiia (from eirii)ju.eii', to prevail epidemically). The prevalence of an epidemic disease; also the disease itself. [A, 387.] [s. 725]